Merit Based Pay? Oh The Horror

"If you are not pulling your weight, if you are not getting performance, if you are not tenacious and really trying to learn and all those sorts of things you want to see teachers doing, then you don't move up at all," she said. "And I tell you, you run that by public opinion and you get a thumbs-up every time."

Teacher merit pay system in Ohio's new collective bargaining law could be first of its kind in the country

Where do you public union workers get off demanding that your neighbors pay for your health care and pensions for the rest of your lives? You're not collectively bargaining against some fat cat CEO flying on a company jet. You are collectively bargaining against your neighbors who make half as much as you do.

There was a time in America

The bill was sponsored by State Senator Shannon Jones, a Republican from Springboro. If it passes, SB 5 will eliminate collective bargaining privileges for workers employed by the State of Ohio. Changes for public employees would include the elimination of binding arbitration for safety forces. Annual "step" increases would also be removed from the list of state laws. Currently, public employees garner the raises BASED SOLELY ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS WORKED and NOT performance, attendance or advanced training or education. There was a time in America that workers had little to no protection from unjust firing, unfair wage policies and unsafe working conditions. The creation of workers compensation departments, civil rights laws, OSHA laws, EPA laws and state wage and hour departments address the major concerns which spurred the creation of labor unions. Is there still a need for worker's unions to ensure safe and lawful employment practices?