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Kasich Blocks Certain Home Health Workers From Unionizing

Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich has rescinded a pair of directives issued by his predecessor that allowed independent home health care and child-care workers doing business with the state to unionize. In his executive order, Kasich says a main benefit of unionization was health insurance coverage, which is now widely available elsewhere. He's rescinding orders signed by then-Governor Ted Strickland, a Democrat, for home health care workers in 2007 and for child-care workers in 2008. The president of one of the unions said she was appalled Kasich would strip workers' rights in a unilateral move.  Kasich spokesperson Rob Nichols says the argument that independent, self-employed contractors are government workers "has always been on shaky ground."Union contracts for the two groups expire June 30.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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