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State of Working Ohio 2023 is currently available to members of the press and Saturday Stats subscribers via a private link. It is embargoed until Monday, September 4. [image:17] This July, Ohio reached a critical milestone. The state posted the largest number of jobs in its history: 5,639,200. Reaching this benchmark was...

Three of Ohio’s 10 most common occupations pay so little that the median worker would qualify for food aid for a family of three. In some areas, up to half of the 10 most common occupations paid so little. New analysis by Policy Matters Ohio of Bureau of Labor Statistics...

California is going to need tens of thousands of workers over the next six years as we continue to build the broadband network to bring high-speed internet to underserved areas. Now, the feds have awarded $5.8 million to the Communications Workers of America to supercharge its workforce training program. Frank Arce, vice president of Communications Workers of America District 9, which encompasses California, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam, said the union is partnering with the Chabot-Las Positas Comm...

The largest nurses strike in U.S. history started yesterday in Minnesota. Those walking the picket lines said they want the public to know it is not just about higher wages, arguing hospital executives are putting profits first. ...

Labor and environmental groups are asking for a seat in the "room where it happens" as government trade representatives gather today in Los Angeles to begin negotiations on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. The framework is a massive trade deal between states on the Pacific Rim which would govern an estimated 40% of the global economy and affect peoples jobs, wages, digital privacy, climate change and more. Will Wiltschko, director of the California Trade Justice Coalition...

A new report on working in Ohio offers a mixed picture of labor in the state. The annual State of Working Ohio report is out for 2022 and while researchers are highlighting the strong post-pandemic job recovery, workers still face challenges. The report shows the state has recovered 85% of the jobs lost to COVID-19, which is three times faster than the recovery from the great recession 14 years ago. ...

Juncture. when truman went after the know-nothing congress as a democrat, both the senate and congress were republican. in this case the senate is democratic, so i think itll only go so far for obama. i think the third act that nobody, that "wall street journal" and new york times didnt mention is hes going to wrap himself around bill and hillary clinton, president obama, meaning the fact that the economy did well, there was a surplus by the time bill clinton left, and al gore didnt want to be s...

$300 million over the next two years. martha: lets turn now to ohio and what is at stake in the buckeye state now. the republican-backed budget bill there calls for the elimination of collective bargaining for state employees, including those who work in state institutions of higher education. the bill would require employees to pay 20 percent of their health insurance premiums and it would implement merit-based pay for some government woerbgs as weflt thats whats got folks fired up in ohio and ...