Barriers created by for-profit company caused 85 percent drop in number of Ohioans passing exam. Contact: Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Download report Download summary Press release Executive summary The number of people attempting and passing the GED has plummeted. The Ohio economy is tough on low-wage workers with limited formal education.
Hannah Halbert’s testimony to Cincinnati City Council.
A bill that threatens unemployment benefits for all Ohioans disproportionately targets older workers. The legislation, House Bill 394, repeals bipartisan legislation, approved unanimously by both houses of the Ohio General Assembly in 2007. That 2007 legislation eliminated Ohio’s practice of deducting Social Security retirement payments from the unemployment benefits a
Full-time employment has rebounded to pre-recession levels, but new census data shows wages are so low that 1.4 million more workers are living in poverty compared to 2007. The data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau drives home the fact that U.S. workers are working hard but not making
Part-time faculty at colleges and universities work under some pretty surprising conditions. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that nearly 40 percent of part-time faculty in Ohio are living at or near poverty. Often these educators are paid little and receive no benefits and have no job security. Even from one
Ohioans sent an unambiguous message with the 2011 defeat of Senate Bill 5: Hands off our freedom to bargain! Yet, some lawmakers are attempting to resurrect long-dead collective bargaining attacks through new provisions added to the budget bill. Two zombie proposals were slipped into the 3,000+ pages of the budget
The majority of states have added back the total number of jobs they lost to the 2007 recession. This is good news as we approach our sixth year of recovery. Unfortunately, Ohio isn’t among them. Ohio leads the twelve states that are yet to recover the total number of jobs
The majority of states have added back the total number of jobs they lost to the 2007 recession. This is good news as we approach our sixth year of recovery. Unfortunately, Ohio isn’t among them. Ohio leads the twelve states that are yet to recover the total number of jobs
Jobs data put Ohio a little farther from the goal post.
Even with November boost, the state still has much ground to make up
Unemployment drops in October, but Ohio isn’t keeping pace with nation on job creation
