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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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| Opponents of collective bargaining bill are more than halfway to petition drive goal. |
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By Bill Cohen - May 20, 2011 |
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Backers of the drive to let Ohio voters decide the fate of the state’s new collective bargaining law say they’ve collected nearly half of the petition signatures they’re seeking to put the law up for a statewide vote in November. Labor unions and their allies say the law takes too much power away from unions that negotiate on behalf of teachers and government workers. Melissa Fazekas speaks for their petition campaign. |
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Melissa Fazekas (:19) 
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| Critics of the law hope to collect at least 450,000 petition signatures by the end of June. They figure about 40% may be tossed out as invalid, but by gathering that many signatures, they plan to make sure they have at least 231,000 valid names - the legal threshold for putting a referendum on the ballot. |
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