Exceptions To Party Stereotypes Surface In Battle Over Collective Bargaining Law

For the most part, the battle over Ohio’s new collective bargaining law has pitted liberals versus conservatives. Activists on the political left have blasted the new law for, they say, taking away virtually all the power of public employee unions at the bargaining table. Activists on the right have argued --- cutting union power is a good way to help schools, cities, and state government hold down labor costs and taxes. Despite this predictable ideological divide, there are some exceptions to the stereotype. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.