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Committee Hears Second Hearing on Bill to Ban ‘Release Time’ for Union Business
Summary
Supporters told the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee that taxpayers should not pay for public employees to perform union business; senators asked whether the bill would inadvertently bar public-safety or city-related duties and whether the cited cost figures account for work done on behalf of local governments.
The Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee heard proponent testimony Tuesday on Senate Bill 8, which would prohibit so-called “release time,” the practice of allowing public employees paid time off from their government jobs to perform union business.
Hannah Cubbins, legislative director for Americans for Prosperity Ohio, told the committee the measure “prohibits the practice of release time,” which she said lets government employees “conduct business for their respective organized labor unions while still receiving their full salary and benefits paid for by the taxpayers.” Cubbins cited figures from a Goldwater Institute study that, she said, show the city of Columbus paid…
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