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Will Republicans Now Try To Weaken Private Unions?

Most of the news coverage on the collective bargaining bill that Ohio legislators passed has focused on provisions such as the ban on public employee strikes and a mandate that all government workers pay at least 15% of their health care premiums.

There’s another part that unions especially abhor. It says public employees no longer have to pay the equivalent of union dues. That change sparks a question: will majority Republicans push yet another plan -- applying that thrust to private companies?

Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.