Posted on 09/02/12
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Ohio’s working people are not getting what they need from either the public or the private sector. This is the result of changes in public policy and employer practices over both the short and long term. Among them are wide-scale deregulation of workplace, financial and other basic rules; failure to prioritize manufacturing; job outsourcing to countries with lower standards; sharp attacks on unions; aggressive shredding of the safety net; and neglect of the public sector.
This approach was certain to have consequences and it has. When the economy grows, workers no longer get their fair share. Hundreds... read more
Posted on 06/26/12
Zach Schiller
For three years the state has been borrowing from the federal government to write checks to jobless people, and left-leaning Policy Matter Ohio says businesses are getting hit with more taxes in the meantime.
The... read more
Posted on 05/16/12
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Report finds that Ohioans struggle through slumps and recoveries with less relief than in the past
Ohioans are finding it harder to thrive economically and are slipping into poverty amid the... read more
Posted on 04/06/12
Staff Photo, January 17, 2008
Front row, left to right: Amanda Woodrum, Amy Hanauer, David Rothstein. Second row: Jon Honeck, Kahlil Huff, Pam Rosado. Third row: Zach Schiller, Piet van Lier. read more
Posted on 04/06/12
Policy Matters staff - December 2011
Front row, left to right: Hannah Halbert, Pam Rosado, Amy Hanauer, Amanda Woodrum, Kalitha Williams, Tracy Moavero. Back row: Piet van Lier, David Rothstein,Tim Krueger, Wendy Patton. Not pictured: Zach... read more
Posted on 04/06/12
Policy Matters staff and interns - March 2012
Front row, left to right: Olesya Derbedeneva, Tracy Moavero, Amanda Woodrum, Amy Hanauer, Shanelle Smith. Second row: Sana Haider, Wendy Patton, Kalitha Williams, Pam Rosado, Hannah Halbert Back... read more
Posted on 03/19/12
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Study: Middle-class Ohioans wouldn’t get enough for a tank of gas
Poor and middle-income Ohioans would get little out of Gov. John Kasich’s proposed income-tax cut, while the highest-income Ohioans would see reductions... read more
Posted on 01/25/12
Following a national engagement strategy that included similar gatherings in California and Rhode Island, Emerald Cities Cleveland organized a high-level stakeholder meeting focused on advocating for an equitable allocation of resources to the multifamily housing... read more