This study outlines the landmark -We Are Ohio- labor coalition. -In 2011, Ohio Governor John Kasich and his Republican-controlled legislature passed the radical Senate Bill 5 designed to impede the labor movement, particularly targeting unionized professors.-Collective Bargaining and the Battle for Ohio-is the story of how professors worked alongside firefighters, police, and janitors to defend universities, the value of higher education, and their collective bargaining rights. Faculty across the state joined -We Are Ohio,- a historic coalition of unions and progressive groups that spearheaded efforts to protect employees- rights to have a voice in the workplace. A massive political struggle ensued, pitting the labor movement against powerful corporate forces, and on election day, Ohioans defended the middle class by repealing Senate Bill 5 by a nearly 2-1 margin.-In this tenth-anniversary edition, historian, higher education expert, and author John T. McNay updates the introduction an
