Ohio needs an effective employee training and retraining policy at the state level. Incentives should be legislated to encourage working men and women to gain the skills needed for these better jobs. Active efforts should be launched to help impoverished individuals to become self-sufficient members of society. Working families are entitled to a living wage. Wage discrimination laws should be improved, particularly for the benefit of women, many of whom now are the principal wage earners for their families.
Work is more than just a job.
How we treat the worker is a measure of how much dignity we give to our fellow human beings. Work is a way for everyone to contribute to the common good of the entire community. But perhaps most importantly, work is the most ordinary way for people to meet their material needs and community obligations. Workers deserve rewards for good work and respect from their employer. Ohio's laws of late have been eroding our chances of workers being either rewarded or respected as much as they should be.