Video: Holden Elementary Teacher Susan Louis on SB5
Louis spoke during a rally at the Kent Stage sponsored by the Kent State AAUP chapter
Susan Louis, a teacher at Holden Elementary School in Kent, spoke Tuesday during the Ohio Senate Bill 5 rally held at the Kent Stage.
Louis was among a number of speakers who either live or work in Kent and spoke out against the bill during the rally, which was sponsored by faculty and staff at Kent State University who belong to the American Association of University Professors unions.
The bill, which narrowly passed in the Ohio Senate, has been the subject of hearings in the Ohio House. It's unclear when the house will vote on the bill, though some reports indicate that vote could happen this month.
If passed, it would go to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is expected to sign the bill into law and greatly limit the collective bargaining powers of unions across Ohio representing thousands of teachers, professors, police, firefighters and other public workers.
john
9:01 pm on Sunday, March 20, 2011
my question is: where are the arguments for Senate Bill 5? Considering most people do not work for the Public Unions. I know there are millions of people who support this bill, including people IN the unions themselves. I am tired of hearing ONLY arguments against this bill.
These unions have been bargaining better wages and benefits than the private sector for many years. It is time for the public workers to come to grips with reality and have what the rest of the world has.
James Thomas
1:01 pm on Wednesday, April 13, 2011
John,
The arguments for SB 5 are being quietly and forcefully stated to the Ohio State Senators and Representatives whom we elected in November. They seem to understand that there is no money to support the promises made by previous officeholders, who were bought and paid for by the minority of people the promises were made to, and that Reality has arrived.
victor
11:52 am on Monday, March 21, 2011
Yes, John, where are the arguments from supporters? Most people don't belong to public Unions, but they are affected by people who are on a daily basis, in very important ways, and I don't want to see the quality of those people diminished because they don't have the resources they need and deserve.
Raymond
12:30 pm on Monday, March 21, 2011
I think they have come to grips to a point. They were all planning on taking pay freezes even if bargaining was still possible. I guess I look at bargaing as an acceptable thing and part of the American way. For people to get what they can. You just don't wanna screw the country for youself. Maybe a middle line should be drawn. Because we do need quality people doing some of these jobs
annonymous
12:53 pm on Wednesday, March 23, 2011
John,
Where are the arguments for SB5? They are silently being told to the Ohio Representatives that support this bill. Once it becomes known that you support SB5 you are immediately labeled with many unflattering epitaths. Who needs that? I have told my Representative that, yes, I think Union power must be curtailed and that, yes, Unions are the problem. Union workers are part of the society they live in and there IS NO MONEY FOR THEM TO FIGHT FOR. This is a fact that they do not want to acknowledge but it is a fact. Stop sacrificing the 85% of non-union workers for the benefit of the 15% minority of union represented workers.
anthony willaim maguire
6:35 pm on Thursday, May 5, 2011
hi
anthony willaim maguire
6:38 pm on Thursday, May 5, 2011
hi miss luis
anthony willaim maguire
6:38 pm on Thursday, May 5, 2011
hi miss luis