Hannah Schoenbaum at the Associated Press reports from Salt Lake City that Utah Lawmakers have advanced a Bill that experts say would establish one of the most restrictive Labor Laws in the country as Republicans seek to curb the political influence of Unions serving Teachers and other Public Service Professionals. The GOP proposal would ban collective bargaining across all of Utah's Public Sectors - Education, Transit, Law Enforcement and more. It would bar Labor Unions from negotiating on behalf of Workers for better wages and working conditions. Many Educators, the State's most frequent users of collective bargaining, view the Bill as a way for Republicans to weaken Teacher Unions and clear a path for their own education agenda. “The harm of the Bill will be borne by Public School Educators living and working in every single Legislative District,” the Utah Education Association’s Sara Jones said. “It sends a message Educators don’t deserve a collective voice in their profession, don’t deserve input on their salaries or working conditions or benefits or don’t deserve a say in the policies that impact their classrooms.”

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