Ohio Chamber to back union law in ballot fight

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Cham­ber of Com­merce pledged Wednes­day to put money and the polit­i­cal clout of its 6,000 busi­ness mem­bers behind the state’s new col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing law. Vot­ers in Novem­ber will con­sider a bal­lot ques­tion seek­ing a repeal of the law, which would let pub­lic worker unions nego­ti­ate on wages but not health care, sick time or pen­sion ben­e­fits. The board mem­bers of the state’s largest busi­ness advo­cacy group voted in a Wednes­day meet­ing to defend the law and to also back an effort to keep Ohioans from being required to buy health insurance.