Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rhee helped design Ohio's union-busting bill for T-Party Gov. Kasich

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Rhee helped design Ohio's union-busting bill for T-Party Gov. Kasich

Rhee helped design Ohio's union-busting bill for T-Party Gov. Kasich

by Mike Klonsky

Michelle Rhee, operating with close to a billion-dollar war chest from Gates, Broad and other power philanthropists and conservative groups, played a major role in drafting Ohio's union-busting legislation.

Between January and April of 2011, [Rhee's] StudentsFirst groupemployed Robert Klaffky, the president of firm Van Meter, Ashbrook & Associates and a close adviser to Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) to help push various aspects of education policy. In particular, the group, established by Rhee