Ohio Lawmakers Approve Bill to Limit Collective-Bargaining Rights

The Ohio House of Representatives has approved a bill that, in addition to limiting the collective-bargaining rights of all state employees, would make most public-college professors ineligible to engage in collective bargaining at all by reclassifying them as managers. The Senate added the measure on faculty union rights, which was backed by the state’s public-university association, to the broader legislation before passing the bill on March 2. The Senate was expected to approve several House changes in the bill, SB 5, and send it on the governor, The Columbus Dispatch reported.