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Ghost of Laws Passed: 3 Years On, Dems Honor Defeat of SB5, Tie It to Kasich...
On the third anniversary of Senate Bill 5 being signed into law, Ohio Democrats held events around the state to commemorate its eventual demise. Just months after the shining attempt to strip...
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OH State Treasurer Praises “Shop Class,” Technical Training that Creates Careers
While visiting a manufacturing facility in Youngstown, Ohio, State Treasurer Josh Mandel touted the importance of training workers for jobs in the skilled trades and encouraged more companies to...
View ArticleOhio Contractors Association Sues Akron to Prevent It From Hiring…Ohioans.
The Ohio Contractors Association (OCA) has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that local hiring requirements set forth by Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic violate the constitution of both the United States...
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Secretary of Hate: Top Ohio Official Withholding New Voting Rule Info from...
Jon Husted. As White as he wants to be. Emails obtained exclusively by Salon provide details of deliberations among Ohio Republicans seeking to change election laws in their favor prior to the...
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Bold Turkey: Pair of OH Dems Introduce Bill to Triple Thanksgiving Wages, Let...
Two Ohio lawmakers are proposing a bill that would have retail employees earn three times their normal rate of pay if they choose to work on Thanksgiving. House Bill 360 would allow workers to...
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Despite No Imminent Threat, Ohio Worker Orgs Taking Precautions Against...
In Ohio, the organizers of the We Are Ohio movement that helped defeat SB 5 in 2012 held an event at Ohio University’s Baker Center Ballroom to warn against possible “Right-to-Work” legislation in...
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Cleveland Building Trades Lock Project Labor Agreement for Dispatch Center Work
The Parma City Council has voted in favor of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council (CBCTC) for upcoming work on a regional dispatch center. In...
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In Important Last-Second Switch, OH Senate Committee Keeps Project Labor...
The Ohio Senate Finance Committee softened House language which would have prevented Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on publicly funded construction projects. The move was part of a series of...
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Ohio Anti-Gerrymandering Bill Unites Chamber of Commerce, AFL-CIO
Ohio Ballot Issue 1, a plan to create fair redistricting and prevent gerrymandering, is enjoying bipartisan support and even making strange bedfellows in the Buckeye State. Criss-crossing the state...
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With Prop 1’s Passage, Ohio Voting Districts Achieve Unprecedented...
Voters in Ohio overwhelmingly passed Proposition 1, a bipartisan plan to end gerrymandering in the state. The margin was a whopping 72-to-28 percent. As we wrote in September, a diverse group of...
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Ohio’s Looming “Right-to-Work” Fight Features Familiar Falsehoods
Rep. Thomas Brinkman sleeps at night, somehow. The Ohio House Commerce and Labor Committee heard testimony for HB 377, a law which would prohibit the collection of union dues from public sector...
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2015 DATA: WI is a Union Membership Cesspool, but Numbers Remained Flat in...
While union membership rates remained unchanged nationally from 2014 to 2015, they dropped significantly in the state of Wisconsin. For the first time in its history, the state fell below the...
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Cincinnati Becomes First OH City to Pass Wage Theft Ordinance, Will Revoke...
In front of a full chamber hall, the Cincinnati city council voted to impose stiffer penalties on companies who do business with the city and commit wage theft. Cincinnati becomes the first Ohio...
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SB 152, Which Aimed to Ban Local Hiring Quotas and Project Labor Agreements...
Apprenticeships, like the one that landed Jaymes Sanford a regional bricklaying title, would have been thwarted by SB 152 The Ohio Senate has rejected Senate Bill 152, which would have both banned...
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MISS THIS? Nearly 100K Ohioans Being Paid Below the Minimum Wage
Ohio’s minimum wage for hourly workers is $8.10. That’s 85 cents more than the prevailing federal minimum wage. Why, then, are almost 100,000 Ohioans earning hourly wages equal to or below the...
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