Salt Lake City (AP) – Utah’s Republican governor signed a ban on collective bargaining on Friday, which, despite the overwhelming opposition of the union members, describes one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country.
From July 1st, unions will serve Utah teachers, firefighters, police officers, transit workers and other public employees, to negotiate better wages and working conditions on their behalf.
Governor Spencer Cox announced on Friday evening his decision after a week of rallies in front of his office, in which thousands of union members from the public and private sector asked him to distinguish him against the invoice. The republican -controlled legislator had just approved them last week after his sponsors had given up a proposed compromise that would have removed the complete ban.
“I am disappointed that in this case the process did not ultimately deliver the compromise that at some point stood on the table and some stakeholders had accepted,” said Cox in a statement in which he announced that he had signed the bill.
The measure did not happen with a veto -defined edge, which means that Republican supporters, if Cox had rejected it, had to make more support to override his veto.
Utah appears North Carolina and South Carolina as the most restrictive states for the public sector unions, said John Logan, an expert for workers at the San Francisco State University.
Many educators who are the most common users of the state of collective bargaining consider the novel law to contain the political influence of the teacher unions and to delete a way for their own educational agenda.
The GOP sponsors argued that it was necessary to work with all employees directly, instead of communicating through a union representative.
The Utah Education Association, the largest union of the state’s public education, criticized Cox for ignoring the many employees who asked him to spend a veto. The union explores a possible ballot -referendum to try to cancel the law, although the efforts are associated with a high price.
“Despite an overwhelming opposition, governor Spencer Cox ignored the votes of thousands,” said the union in an explanation. “This is an obvious attack on public employees and our right to work for the success of our profession and our students.”
COX’s decision comes when President Donald Trump mostly the US education department in the power, which reduced expenses and put the employees under pressure in the United States.
The governor signed a further draft law on Friday, in which transgender college students prohibit life in sleep residents in harmony with their gender identity.
Students from public universities and universities of the state may only enter or live in a gender -specific space such as a dormitory, a changing room or a bathroom that corresponds to their gender assigned at birth. It is the first transgender restriction that expressly aims at university accommodations, although some states have extensive bathroom laws that could be used for dormitories.
