Wally Kauffman is a longtime Ohio Farmers Union member who is currently serving as the vice president of the Ashtabula, Lake, Geauga Counties Farmers Union. In this video clip from a recent public meeting held for family farmers and others interested in rural issues affecting northeast Ohio, Kauffman put forth his case for voting no on State Issue 2 this November. State Issue 2, if it should fail at the ballot box, will nullify Senate Bill 5 which the Ohio General Assembly passed and Gov. John Kasich signed into law earlier this year. S.B. 5 is a direct attack on Ohio workers’ right to organize and collectively bargain for wages, benefits and safety issues.
Ohio Farmers Union Favors Repeal of S.B. 5
Family Farmer & Consumer Group Urges ‘No’ Vote on State Issue 2
The Ohio Farmers Union has come out in support of efforts to repeal S.B. 5 – the unfair attack on Ohio public worker rights – and announced on Tuesday its endorsement of We Are Ohio and a ‘no’ vote on State Issue 2 this fall.
“As we stand in the shadow of Labor Day, there’s no better time for the Ohio Farmers Union to stand up for public servants and the middle class in Ohio,” said Roger Wise, OFU president.
“I would urge every Ohio voter to vote ‘no’ on State Issue 2 in the fall. Senate Bill 5 was an over-reach on the part of the governor and the Ohio General Assembly. Police, Fire Fighters, Teachers, and other public workers are not the source of Ohio’s economic problems,” Wise said.
