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Study Says Government Workers Paid More Than Private Workers

Ohioans are about to vote on whether to endorse or kill the state’s new collective bargaining law that slashes the negotiating power of public employee unions. One pivotal debating point is -- whether government workers get higher pay than private sector workers. Both sides in the debate keep trumpeting different research studies on worker pay and benefits. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports on the latest one.