Citizens Locked Out of Ohio Statehouse!

[kpete]

Run time: 02:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqjHeALDS64   Posted on YouTube: February 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: ProgressOhio Views on YouTube: 313   Posted on DU: February 23, 2011 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 465

 
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/ohio-citizens-locked-out-statehouse

UPDATED: After initially being locked out, thousands of protestors allowed inside statehouse

COLUMBUS

(UPDATED AT 8:40 P.M.) Thousands of union protesters were denied access to the Ohio Statehouse for hours Tuesday as they tried to voice opposition to a bill that would abolish collective bargaining rights for state employees.

As crowds chanted outside, Democrats inside mustered their political and legal resources to fight what they called an undemocratic lockout, which Republican Gov. John Kasich's public safety agency said was a necessary precaution.

The Ohio Democratic Party had joined forces with unions and union-friendly groups across the state over the three-day President's Day weekend to mobilize large crowds of bill opponents. The measure, designed to help plug a hole in the state budget, undoes Ohio's nearly 30-year-old collective bargaining law and imposes other limits on negotiations between police, firefighters, teachers and college and university staffs and their employers. It is supported by Kasich.

Of an estimated 5,200 people who gathered, about 1,000 were initially allowed to enter. They were restricted to two public halls — the Atrium and Rotunda — and the rest of the Statehouse was silent. Democratic lawmakers tried to bring union supporters in as personal guests in groups of a few dozen at a time, but they were blocked.

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/columbus/news/2011/feb/22/ohio-unions-descend-columbus

[votesparks]

1. Hairs on the back of my neck standing up!

Excellent job!

[2banon]

2. sweet!

:toast:

I sure hope a general strike is called now, gotta get it done while the iron's hot... it's now or forgettaboutit..

[roxiejules]

3. K&R!