Ohio jobs

One of the more intractable problems facing manufacturers is the mismatch between the location of jobs and where entry-level workers live. Many low-income and Black workers live in Cleveland and don’t own cars, but many jobs are in the suburbs, far from public transportation.

Proposed legislation aims to better protect workers from abrupt notice of layoffs and work place closures.The “Fair Warning Act of 2019” in conjunction…

Senator Rob Portman is lobbying for the passage of “the new NAFTA,” The trade deal negotiated by the Trump administration between the US, Mexico and…

During his fourth day on the job Governor Mike DeWine paid a visit to Akron. In an appearance at the Akron Roundtable he touched on a range of things his…

U.S Rep. Tim Ryan is calling for congressional hearings to review General Motors decision to shutter five North American plants.Ryan is urging the House…

Ohio’s official unemployment rate went unchanged from August to September, although workforce participation is at an all-time high. Five-point six…

Candidates for Ohio governor both fielded questions on Thursday from Ohio students in Cleveland about helping young people get jobs.Republican Mike DeWine…

Ohio has lost about 367,000 goods-producing jobs since 2000, which were mostly held by citizens with a high school education. Automation can seem like a…

Northeast Ohio is second among the nation’s largest metro areas in the percentage of its workforce employed in headquarters jobs. That’s according to an…

Studies show in the near future, about two-thirds of Ohio’s jobs will require some college or skilled vocational training. But the cost of getting that…