Organization issues statement opposing HB 327
On Wednesday, March 9 at 11:30 am the Honesty for Ohio Education coalition will host a press conference in the Ladies Gallery of the Statehouse. The coalition is there to defend Ohio students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach a full, honest history.
A report released by Policy Matters Ohio indicates CEOs at Ohio's top 100 employers were paid an average of 322 times what the average employee was paid at those companies in 2020.
Wage still worth far less than 1968 peak
Ohio’s minimum wage will adjust to $9.30 per hour on January 1, from its current level of $8.80. The change comes as an automatic adjustment since Ohio voters passed a minimum wage increase in 2006 and tied it to inflation so it would.
CEOs of some of Ohio s biggest employers rig the rules to make huge profits for themselves, even as their essential employees and other frontline workers risk their health for low wages. By passing a living minimum wage, honoring the dignity of work, and holding big business executives accountable, lawmakers can create a stronger economy for everyone.
Credits are “stranded” when a university withholds transcripts because a student owes them money. About 60,000 people in the region are believed to have stranded credits.