Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) will sign SB 5 — the contentious anti-union bill restricting collective bargaining rights for unionized public workers — into law Thursday night, according to his spokesperson.
SB 5, which makes it illegal for state workers to strike and gives local governments new powers over contract negotiations with union workers, was passed out of the state legislature Wednesday.
According to spokesperson Connie Wehrkamp, Kasich will sign the bill at 7 p.m. at the ceremonial office in the statehouse. Wehrkamp said the Governor wanted to sign the bill into law “as soon as he possibly could.”
Far from ceding the fight, union supporters and Democrats are now gearing for their next plan of attack: putting the legislation to the voters of Ohio as a ballot initiative.
