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Posted May 15, 2021 in eNews 295,000: Although Gov. DeWine announced Ohio will soon stop accepting the federal government’s $300-per-month supplemental unemployment benefit, the state has 295,000 fewer jobs than before the pandemic started. The $300 supplement has been a lifeline for Ohioans, putting money in their pockets and supporting businesses even as many temporarily closed down or slowed operations. As Hannah Halbert explained, the best way for employers to attract new workers is to pay a good wage and offer decent benefits. Michael Shields made similar points on WCPN’s the Sound of Ideas, where he was joined by other workers and worker advocates, including Rosa, from the Northeast Ohio Worker Center. ....
Posted April 30, 2021 in eNews 82%: Share of Ohio school districts whose funding was either capped or maintained by a minimum of guaranteed state dollars, between 2017 and 2019. Either way, these districts received state funding that was different from what the state’s formula determined they should get. In other words, not only is Ohio’s school funding formula built on racist policies, and unconstitutional, and used as a wedge to divide Ohioans by race & place It’s also so badly broken that most districts in the state can’t actually rely on it to predict their budgets. That’s just one of the findings in Wendy Patton’s latest report on the long-running (24 years and counting) K-12 funding fiasco in Ohio. Fortunately, Wendy also highlights a fix that could be in the works: The Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP). ....
Working people have proved time and again that when they join together in a union, they have the power to win better pay, better working conditions and a chance at a decent life. Organized labor won the broadly shared prosperity that in the 20th century became synonymous with the American way of life. Today, as corporations resist union organizing and consolidate power, work must be done to restore lost progress, and to ensure that this time, Americans of color fully share in the gains they have been blocked from, as the wealthy few used race to divide working people. This Saturday, for International Workers’ Day more commonly known as May Day we commemorate the struggle and sacrifice of working people who built that movement and won the 40-hour week through decades of struggle, and we anticipate future victories that include all working people, no exceptions. ....