Occupation: Ohio State Senator Birth: December 7, 1967
Workers should have a right to sit across from management to collectively bargain about their work conditions, their wages, and the future direction ….
We've had to overcome a lot in America to become a nation of progress. We still have a lot of progress to be made..
We have an obligation to each other to not only push our politicians, but to push companies to do right by their workers. They wouldn't even have suc….
The better a work environment is, the better it is for the employer - not just the employee..
In terms of President Trump, I really do hope that he does accomplish some of the things he said on the campaign trail. If he is willing to make inve….
The Rust Belt has suffered a lot because of trade deals..
Child care can almost bankrupt a family, even a two-parent household in which both parents are working. That keeps a parent from being at ease and it….
For the workers and their families, being able to bring home a living wage helps their families and, by extension, helps our economy. Seventy percent….
If a mother or a caregiver does not have a job that pays a living wage and they cannot afford child care, that is unacceptable..
I'm always amazed to hear my more conservative colleagues talking about how they care about life. They're pro-life, but when it comes down to safe wo….
What happens to one directly happens to all indirectly..
If workers are overworked, or companies hire temps at low wages, this fundamentally comes down to the quality of life for a person. It's bigger than ….
We are going to have to do some real soul searching as a country and try to bring America together, because it is divided..
In America, the 1 percent and the 10 percent are doing just fine, but the people who are bearing the brunt of this economy are the ones who suffer..
It's shameful that the elites basically have one-and-a-half political parties. Working class men and women have zero parties - or they have half a pa….
Women should not need a permission slip from government to take care of their own reproductive health..
Workers' wages are not keeping up with inflation. Their wages are not on pace with the amount of work that they do. We work harder and longer in Amer….
We cannot deny that people are suffering, and they are making that suffering known at the ballot box..
Democrats have lost over 1,000 seats since 2009. It's very easy for people to get up in arms about Mr. Trump, but the fact of the matter is that the ….
I think the political class, just overall, has underestimated the suffering in America..
We really are going to have to answer the cries of everyday women and men who are calling out for elected leaders to do something different. They wan….