This month, Ali Smith joined Policy Matters Ohio as Worker Center Network Liaison, increasing the organization’s capacity to improve conditions for working Ohioans.
Smith will support Ohio’s network of three worker centers, the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center, the Central Ohio Worker Center, and the Northeast Ohio Worker Center. Worker centers are.
Ernest Hatten of Cleveland reports he's been a victim of wage theft by his former employers twice, just one of an estimated 213,000 Ohio workers who are dealing with wage theft annually, according to a new Ohio report.
213,000: Researcher Michael Shields found that Ohio employers steal from some 213,000 working Ohioans each year by paying them less than the minimum wage — just one of many types of wage theft. A person who stays on the job all year would lose an average of $2,873, or a.
Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio
$51,000: The richest 1% of Ohioans have on average $51,000 more per year than they did 17 years ago, according to a new report by State Policy Fellow, Guillermo Bervejillo. That’s because since 2005, many state legislators and governors pushed corporate and income tax cuts.