Ohio judge tells staff to leave police union

[Pryderi]

http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=cincinnati&sParam=36521555.story
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A county judge in eastern Ohio ordered members of his staff to quit a police union that supports repealing the state's new law limiting the union rights of public workers.

Judge Mark Fleegle's directive last month to leave the local Fraternal Order of Police covered nine court staffers, including an administrator, a bailiff and seven probation officers, FOP Zane Lodge No. 5 president Tom Porter said Thursday.

"They would have loved to remain as members, but were told they had to quit," Porter told The Associated Press.

Porter believes the order is unfair and possibly unconstitutional and is having discussions with Fleegle to try to change his mind.
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Incredible!

[Bunny]

1. How is this not completely illegal?

:shrug:

[sudopod]

2. Yeah, it probably doesn't work that way, does it. :/ nt

[Ship of Fools]

3. if we're lucky enough to get some sanity

back into state and federal politics in 2012, we're going to need a giant vacuum cleaner to suck up all the shit these a-holes have thrown into the works in order to gum up the system.

[Angry Dragon]

4. Then the judge needs to quit all of his memberships

in all organizations because it may come up before his courtroom...........

fair is fair .........

[liberal N proud]

5. I had an email last night from my State Senator proud she voted for SB5

And how much good it was going to bring to teachers.

I blasted an email right back and told her how shameful that vote was. Told her that erasing 100 years of progress in one vote was nothing to be bragging about.

[abelenkpe]

6. Good job! nt

[abelenkpe]

7. That doesn't sound legal. nt

[dembotoz]

8. and a judge cares if it is legal??????????????

[abelenkpe]

9. guess not

seems like a threat though. Quit organization or lose your job. Is there no way to go over this judge or seek justice for such thing? If not that really sucks.