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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| State comes to terms with another one of its unions in deal with no COLA raises. |
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By Bill Cohen - January 13, 2012 |
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Leaders of a labor union representing about 4,000 state employees say they’ve come to a tentative agreement with negotiators for the state on a new three-year contract. The Service Employees International Union says the pact would drop the annual 10 furlough days a year the workers must take off without pay. Plus, there would be no cost-of-living raises. Most other provisions of the union’s current contract would simply be extended. Lance Franke is a union vice president. |
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Lance Franke (:18) 
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| Before this proposed three-year labor pact takes effect in June, it must first be ratified by rank-and-file workers and by the State Controlling Board, most of whose members are state legislators. A few weeks ago, another union representing another 35,000 state workers also hammered out a new three-year agreement with the state. |
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