Arizona: Panel Votes to Ban Collective Bargaining (NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/arizona-panel-votes-to-ban-collective-bargaining.html?src=recg

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 1, 2012

A State Senate committee voted Wednesday to ban collective bargaining with public employee unions, a change that would be felt in school districts and local governments. The Government Reform Committee approved the Republican-sponsored bill on a 4-to-2 party-line vote. Supporters of the bills say they would save taxpayer dollars while protecting the rights of individual public workers. Union leaders say the bills are politically motivated attacks on public employee unions and stifle the collective voice of the workers.