From everything I know, Senate Bill 5 is a bill that if passed, will cut the bargaining right of teachers and other public union workers.
"If Senate Bill 5 passes the Ohio Legislature, we will no longer have the right to Collective Bargaining. If that happens, we will all be in great jeopardy. This bill would take away the rights of tens of thousands of AFSCME members to negotiate for wages, health care, sick leave, dental, and other benefits."
This is a high concern for my family because my father will lose 30 percent of his pay if this bill is passed! That means we have to spend 400 dollars less each month. I found a whole website that tracks all the rallies and information about this bill, and it's pretty useful.
ANYWAYS. I usually can see both sides of the coin when it comes to issues, but this I do not see. If this bill is passed then teachers who have worked for a long time will not get their well worth pay for sticking around for so long. This /probably/ means that alot of people who would think about going into the teaching career will not, and it will start to become a crappy job people get just because they need the money. LIKE MCDONALDS! [Maybe not as extreme] Well obviously we wont be getting as good as education as if we had people who actually cared about our knowledge working. OH WAIT! Thats not all the reasons why this stupid bill needs to be demolished. IF THE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE BARGAINING RIGHTS, THEN WHO STOPS THEM FROM TURNING OUR CLASSROOMS INTO A RECK?!? [50 people in one class] They will begin to lay off teachers for "finance" purposes and then that means the classes will grow in size. Well the bargaining rights are gone so the teachers can't fight against that. Who the hell(sorry for my language) can learn with 49 other people in the room?!? You definatley can't get the attention you need from a teacher to fully understand the lesson and I bet they will be much more grumpy after teaching 6 classes of 50 each day. SHEESH.
Now heres where I would start talking about why this bill may be helpful. BUT I DON'T SEE ANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT! Please inform me why we need this bill then maybe I could write a paragraph about it.
By the way, this is the first blog I'VE EVER MADE. I am unsure on what youre supposed to do.... I might just stick to video blogging. Sounds cool.
HERES A VIDEO ABOUT IT.[If I didnt explain enough] Its from Febuary 16.
