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A statewide Ohio coalition to fight wage theft and independent contractor misclassification emerged from a meeting in Columbus on May 11 sponsored by the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center and Policy Matters Ohio. About 60 people, including lawyers, union officials, low‐income and immigrant‐rights advocates and policy researchers, as well as state legislators and Ohio and U.S. enforcement agents, attended the gathering.
Nearly 100,000 jobless Ohioans will exhaust their unemployment benefits this month if action is not taken to
extend them. The U.S. House of Representatives approved an extension before its Memorial Day break; the
Senate should vote to do so immediately after returning June 7. …
Cities, counties and school districts in Ohio have seen sharp revenue declines over the past two years, according to this report. Small cities in northeast Ohio that pool collections through the Regional Income Tax Agency have averaged a 7.5 percent drop in income tax collections between 2008 and 2009, while the state’s six largest cities have 2010 shortfalls ranging from three to more than 16 percent. With citizens being warned by sheriffs to arm themselves in the wake of sheriff department layoffs, federal help is needed. The Local Jobs for America Act, introduced by Representative George Miller (D-CA) in the House, with companion legislation under development by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), would enable local governments to retain teachers, firefighters, law enforcement officers and other local employees, stabilizing the economy and helping to prevent a second downturn.
EPI Brief – Local government job losses hurt entire economy
Policy Matters recently released a study of the practices in Ohio of Imagine Schools, Inc., the nation’s largest for-profit charter school management company. Imagine manages 71 schools around the country, including 11 in Ohio. I believe our findings are relevant to this hearing about the relationship between charter management companies and governing boards of schools they operate. …
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