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Rally and march to stop food stamp cuts, Tuesday, Dec. 17, in Cleveland’s Public Square.
In our latest eNews: a policy brief on energy efficiency, analysis of what Cuyahoga County’s two largest private nonprofit hospital systems would pay in property taxes if they weren’t exempt, a look at why current rules on help for dislocated workers should stay, and a call to continue federal assistance
Unemployment insurance helps keep workers in the labor market, making sure they have transportation to job interviews and money to cover other expenses needed to look for work. Congress should keep this important program alive.
Smart state policy can foster energy efficiency in Ohio while creating jobs and helping reboot the state’s economic recovery.
For immediate release Contact Zach Schiller, 216.361.9801 Download press release (1 pg) Full report Cuyahoga County’s two largest private nonprofit hospital systems, the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, together would owe tens of millions of dollars a year in additional property tax if their exempt properties in Cleveland were subject
Patrick O’Donnell covered the press conference with the Cleveland Teachers Union and Common Good Ohio that highlighted our examination of how much Cleveland two largest private nonprofit hospital systems would pay if they didn’t benefit from property tax exemptions. The city’s two big hospitals should be paying the Cleveland schools
Channel 8 Fox News aired this advance piece on fast food actions in Cleveland and around the country, which featured Pam Rosado, outreach coordinator for Policy Matters. “Their work is valued, there is a support group here. We do want to bring awareness to the fact that they are being
POSTPONED Please check back for more information after Dec. 9 Drilling in the six states that span the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations has produced far fewer new jobs than the industry and its supporters claim, according to a six-state study Policy Matters Ohio released last month with the Multi-State
For immediate release Contact Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Full report Download press release (1 pg) Despite great results, trade assistance program will exclude more workers Since 2005, more than 76,500 Ohio workers have been certified to receive assistance through the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, according to a report released today
Clevelanders will stand with workers on Dec. 5 to raise fast-food worker wages and get the economy moving again. Protesters will gather at the McDonald’s on Memphis Avenue to speak out against poverty wages, support the call for a $15-per-hour wage floor for fast-food jobs, and defend people’s right to
In our latest eNews, we weigh actual fracking jobs against industry claims, pull together recommendations to bring more and better jobs to Ohio, take stock of the labor market since August, examine the reason for the declining caseload of Ohio’s cash-assistance program, and send out a call to action to
