May 14, 2007

At this meeting, we heard from Ohio and national leaders working in the seven areas identified in the scan. We were and continue to look for input on how The Mobility Agenda team should target our resources and future efforts to share information about and build momentum for improving our economy and low-wage work.

AGENDA and PRESENTER MATERIALS

Introductions and Background

• Margy Waller, Inclusion
  
  • Talking about Low-Wage Work
• Shawn Fremstad, Inclusion
  
  • Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States
• Bobbie Garber, Community Research Partners and Amy Hanauer, Policy Matters Ohio
  
  • Average Isn't Enough: Advancing Working Families to Create an Outstanding Ohio Economy
  • The State of Working Ohio, 2006

New Ideas and Strategies - Part 1

• John Corlett, The Center for Community Solutions
  
  • Heath Care
• David Maywhoor, Farm Labor Organizing Committee
  
  • Wage Enforcement
• Kelly Kupcak, Hard Hatted Women
  
  • Responsible Development and Community Benefits Agreements: A Cleveland Case Study

New Ideas and Strategies - Part 2

• Megan Vahey, SEIU 1199
  
  • Paid Time Off
  • The Ohio Healthy Families Campaign
  • Expanded Sick Leave Would Yield Substantial Benefits Vicky Lovell, Barbara Gault, and Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Research
  • Paid Sick Days Improve Public Health Vicky Lovell, Barbara Gault, and Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Research
  • No Time to be Sick: Why Everyone Suffers When Workers Don't have Paid Sick Leave Institute for Women's Policy Research
  • Summary of Proposed Ohio Healthy Families Act
• Elliott Brown, Springboard Forward, Belmont, CA
  
  • Employer Investment/Employee Engagement
• John Austin, Brookings Institution and John Burbank, Economic Opportunity Institute
  
  • Universal Retirement Accounts: A Key Part of The Vital Center

Ohio's Talent Agenda

Memo: Setting Ohio's Talent Agenda: The Strickland-Fisher Vision
Terry Thomas

Setting Ohio's Talent Agenda: A Report with Action Recommendations