Both Sides Expect to Spend Millions in Ohio Sick-Leave Bid
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The Business Journal: The price to win over voters in the expected fight over a statewide sick-leave mandate could top $10 million this fall, doubling what was spent two years ago when Ohioans voted for an increase in the minimum wage. "It will easily be a $7 million to $10 million campaign," said Milenthal Group CEO David Milenthal, who has worked on ballot issues in Ohio for 30 years. "The challenge now is to raise the money to sell the issue to voters." Business groups opposing the sick-leave mandate believe it will take $4 million to $6 million to deliver their message to voters, said Tom Pitrone, chairman of the Ohio Small Business Council, a division of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Organizers of the sick-leave ballot bid expect to be outspent by business interests, but political experts think proponents will be able to draw cash from large labor unions. The proposal would create a law that requires employers with 25 or more workers to provide seven days of paid sick leave annually for employees working 30 hours or more a week. There also would be pro-rated paid sick leave for part-time workers.
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