Editorial by Connie Pillich who represents the 28th District in the Ohio House of Representatives and is a candidate for Ohio State Treasurer.
Making ends meet on active duty is not easy. I should know: I had just turned 23 when I was first assigned to Grand Forks Air Force Base.
I expected to confront the unexpected there – things like 24-hour drills, briefing my wing commander, the Klaxon going off.
Pillich raised more than $539,000 for the period and $1.5 million for the cycle
Friends of Connie Pillich today released its Pre-Primary Campaign Finance Report, adding over a half-million dollars for a total of 1.49 million in less than a year.
From Paying For Groceries To Helping Save For Retirement, Pillich Points Out How Equal Pay Helps Ohioans
State Representative Connie Pillich held a news conference today to highlight the ways in which the pay gap hurts Ohio families. Standing alongside working families and next to a week’s worth of groceries, Pillich asked Ohio families what they would do with $10,805, the additional amount a family of four with two working parents would earn if women earned equal pay for equal work.
Ohio Rep. Connie Pillich marked “Equal Pay Day” by pushing for a bill in the Ohio House of Representatives that would codify federal law protecting workers from discriminatory pay scales.
Elected officials throughout the country reiterated her call by advocating for income equality and citing discrepancies between wages earned by males and females.
Male-female wage inequality is persistent, unfair, unnecessary — and real.
Too many Ohioans are living in difficult economic times. Things are even harder for families with two wage earners when women are consistently paid almost one-fourth less than what men earn, often for doing the same job.
