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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

A good day for unions and teachers in Ohio and Michigan. Governor Snyder and Kasich get their heads handed to them. « Fred Klonsky

A good day for unions and teachers in Ohio and Michigan. Governor Snyder and Kasich get their heads handed to them. « Fred Klonsky:

A good day for unions and teachers in Ohio and Michigan. Governor Snyder and Kasich get their heads handed to them.

Of all the elections that took place yesterday, the ones in Michigan and Ohio were the ones that were the most interesting to me.

In Ohio, workers won by a two to one margin in defeating Governor Kasich’s attempt to kill union rights.

The Koch brothers and other corporate interests spent millions to win this one. Labor spent heavily as well. But