Ohio To Give Prisoners Laid-Off Janitors' Jobs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A labor union said they were angry that Ohio wants to use prisoners to replace Statehouse janitors and groundskeepers who were laid off because of budget cuts.
The state board that operates the building said it will probably use two inmates to do grounds work and another five for night cleaning.
The Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, the state's largest public employees' union and the one that represented the laid-off workers, filed a grievance Wednesday to reverse the plan.
"These aren't phantom jobs - these are real jobs, real people," said Sally Meckling, union spokeswoman.
The union said it's wrong to substitute inmate labor for good-paying union jobs. It also questioned the wisdom of allowing inmates to work in the frequently visited, 147-year-old Statehouse.
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