In this April 9, 2011 file photo, protestors against Senate Bill 5 gather at the Ohio Statehouse for a rally launching the "We Are Ohio" campaign in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A 78-year-old grandmother who urged a repeal of Ohio’s overhaul of collective bargaining rights is suddenly at the center of a high-stakes battle over the future of public labor unions in the state.

Marlene Quinn’s great-granddaughter was saved from a house fire in November, and she told the story in a statewide television spot paid for by We Are Ohio, the union-backed coalition that’s fighting the law signed in March.

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