Oklahoma set to repeal collective bargaining law

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Reuters

By Steve Olafson Steve Olafson – 2 hrs 3 mins ago

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate dealt organized labor another defeat on Tuesday when it voted to repeal a collective bargaining law.

The 29-19 vote means that some of the state's fastest-growing cities no longer will be required to collectively bargain with sanitation workers and other non-uniformed workers.

The measure already passed the Oklahoma House and now goes to Governor Mary Fallin, a Republican, who is expected to sign it into law.

The bill would repeal a law passed in 2004, when the Oklahoma Legislature and the governorship were controlled by Democrats. The law required cities with populations over 35,000 to engage in collective bargaining with non-uniformed workers, though it did not affect Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman and Muskogee, which already were engaged in collective bargaining.

Three Senate Republicans crossed party lines to keep the 2004 law intact, but that wasn't enough to stop repeal.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110419/us_nm/us_unions_oklahoma

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1. The reality is this is taking the voice away from the people.

Part of the re-enslavement of the workers.