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Ohio Senate Democrats reintroduce pay equity bills that have gained little traction in the past
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Just as hundreds of statewide and national reports on pay equity continue to show women make less than men, the fight for pay equity… Read More
![United Auto Workers members march while holding signs at a union rally held near a Stellantis factory Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Detroit.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/auto-workers-photo-845247d0e85fe0bb3ea7373044c25c80cf118565-scaled-e1694102645337-900x422.jpg)
Why auto workers are asking for a 46% pay raise
By: Danielle Kaye | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — As a potential strike looms over the Detroit Three automakers, the United Auto Workers union is pushing for a substantial pay raise for its members: 46% over… Read More
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The proposed Pay Stub Protection Act requires Ohio employers to provide workers with pay stubs
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio House committee is considering a bill to require employers provide their workers with written copies of their pay stubs. The bill is meant to help… Read More
![An ironworker scales a column during construction of a municipal building in Norristown, Pa.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ap23066610625011_custom-55f04d2d24f8c6914317ac04ab77bcbb3da15244-scaled-e1680792517279-900x422.jpg)
Where did the workers go? Construction jobs are plentiful, but workers are scarce
By: Mary Yang | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — When President Biden inked the $1 trillion deal to give roads, bridges and transit systems a boost, union officials and business leaders said a large scale investment… Read More
![Then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Johnstown Train Station, Sept. 30, 2020, in Johnstown, Pa.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ap22258054667701-e7387d8f90cf99e174f2209e584317a177102aa9-scaled-e1663259971854-900x422.jpg)
Biden says a tentative railway labor deal has been reached, averting a strike
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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Updated September 15, 2022 at 8:22 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A strike that could have halted both freight and passenger trains across the country seems to have been… Read More
Nan Whaley outlines plan for Ohio to train workers for companies that pay living wage
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nan Whaley, Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor, said more needs to be done to connect Ohioans who don’t earn a living wage with employers… Read More
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Columbus teachers approve new three-year contract to end strike
By: Matthew Rand | Steve Brown | WOSU
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Updated, August 29, 2022, 8:27 AM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Columbus teachers have approved a new three-year labor deal to end the strike that started last week. The Columbus… Read More
![Teachers picket along W. Henderson Rd. next to Whetstone High School.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cea-teachers-strike-day-3-scaled-e1661446357604-900x422.jpg)
Columbus school board, teachers’ union reach “conceptual agreement” to end strike
By: Matthew Rand | WOSU
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (WOSU) — The Columbus school board and the district’s teachers’ union have reached a “conceptual agreement” to end the strike that began Monday. The Columbus Education Association said… Read More
![Members of the Columbus Education Association rally earlier this summer ahead of their vote this past Sunday night to officially strike this week.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/299895715_562177832575966_6114519178387120440_n-bbf81ea25b6d4fe49393aa24963101670fd12fb8-e1661266975186-900x422.jpg)
Why teachers from one of Ohio’s largest school districts are on strike
By: Jaclyn Diaz | NPR
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (NPR) — When children in the Columbus, Ohio, education system start their school year this Wednesday, they will likely be doing so online, as the school district’s nearly… Read More
![Georgia Linders sits on a couch with a laptop in her lap.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/georgialinders-6d1274570c47eff4a3c48311f874f1f5084952d8-e1659364087274-900x422.jpg)
Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working
By: Andrea Hsu | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — More than two years after Georgia Linders first got sick with COVID, her heart still races at random times. She’s often exhausted. She can’t digest certain… Read More
![Striking workers at Cabell Huntington Hospital pose for a picture in front of a union bus](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Striking-workers-at-Cabell-Huntington-Hospital-pose-for-a-picture-in-November.-scaled-e1643142011234-900x422.jpg)
Labor organizing in the Ohio Valley goes beyond coal
By: Katie Meyers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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ELKVIEW, W.Va. (OVR) — In late December, West Virginia union members and supporters gathered in the small town of Elkview, about 20 minutes outside of Charleston. Dozens of linemen, coal… Read More
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Ohio’s minimum wage increases again on January 1, 2022
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s minimum wage is increasing/has increased on January 1st to $9.30 an hour. That’s 50 cents more an hour than in 2021. Still, Policy… Read More
![A 'Help Wanted' sign is posted beside Coronavirus safety guidelines in front of a restaurant in Los Angeles, California on May 28, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/gettyimages-1233161007-edit_custom-4a1480d255f662ef28425501ee8a90c5419eae89-1-e1635266828557-900x422.jpg)
How employers can win workers back (and keep them) after the ‘Great Resignation’
By: Jonaki Mehta | NPR
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (NPR) — In the wee hours of a Saturday morning this past June, Mary Waters pulled into a grocery store parking lot in St. Louis. It was… Read More
![Chickens are carried through a poultry slaughterhouse on mechanical arms.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/7087371881_bd7eb31647_o-e1586547318358-900x422.jpg)
Study Links Increased COVID-19 Transmission To Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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HENDERSON COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — A study published Thursday in a prestigious scientific journal links significant increases in COVID-19 transmission rates to meatpacking plants, especially those facilities that the federal… Read More
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Ohio Employers Will Have Wait For Workers Comp Settlement
By: Associated Press
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Thousands of employers in Ohio who have been overcharged for workers compensation insurance premiums will have to wait at least a few more weeks before collecting a share of the… Read More
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Ohio Protests Carry On As Refinery Strike Continues
By: Associated Press
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Workers in northwest Ohio continue to protest as the first nationwide oil refinery strike since 1980 moves into its fourth week. About 200 people demonstrated Tuesday outside the Marathon Petroleum… Read More