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Does the "Progressive Liberal" of the House Really Support Ohio Healthy Families?

May 14, 2008

Last week after over 287,000 Ohioans signed petitions to get the Ohio Healthy Families Act to the State Legislature, after 120 days the Legislature failed to act upon the bill and it died without action being taken. Now a new petition drive is underway to collect tens of thousands of signatures to get this bill on the November Ballot.

After 120 days of no action in the legislature, you would think, Bob Hagan, The Progressive Liberal, The working man and working families state legislature, would have spoken out on this issue loud and often. But Bob Hagan didn't. Bob Hagan said nothing.
Bob Hagan never raised his voice in protest over the fact that state leaders were letting this bill; signed by over 287,000 Ohio citizens, die without even a discussion being heard on the floor or in committee in Columbus.

So Bob Hagan, the Progressive Liberal for the 60th District, spoke not a word, and this is what Bob Hagan failed to speak up on  and help poor, working, and middle class Ohioans.

The Ohio Healthy Families Act is a proposed new state law that would make our state one of the most family-friendly in the nation. The Act would require businesses with 25 or more workers to allow full-time employees to earn 7 paid sick days per year. Part-time workers could earn a smaller, pro-rated number of paid sick days depending on the number of hours they work.
When you look at the facts, you can see it makes good sense to allow more Ohio workers to earn paid sick days for their families.
But Bob Hagan refused to make any noise to help Ohio Workers!

Today's Key Facts:
FACT: 2.2 million Ohio workers are not able to take a paid sick day when they are ill. (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
FACT: Over 670,000 Ohioans with significant interaction with the public do not have paid sick days.
(Source: Policy Matters Ohio)
FACT: Over 330,000 Ohioans who work in Accommodation and Food Service do not have paid sick days.
(Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research)

FACT: 389,000 manufacturing employees in Ohio do not have the ability to take care of themselves when they are sick.
(Source: Policy Matters Ohio)
FACT: 337,000 Ohioans working in Retail Trade cannot take a paid sick day to get better.
(Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research)
FACT: Every Federal and State employee has paid sick days in the state of Ohio. 42 percent of workers in Ohio do not.
(Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research)
FACT: 79 percent of all Ohio employees earning less than $9.23 an hour do not have the ability to take care of their ill family members.
(Source: Policy Matters Ohio)
FACT: 53.7 percent of all workers with paid sick days do not miss a single day of work.
(Source: IWPR's analysis of the 2004 National Health Interview Survey)
FACT: Over 3.5 million Ohioans do not have the ability to stay home and take care of their ailing child.
(Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research)
FACT: Ohio employers save $1.25 per employee every week when offering paid sick days.
(Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research)
FACT: Pediatricians recommend that babies and children see the pediatrician 6-8 times in the first year, twice in the second year, and once a year thereafter.
(Source: Massachusetts Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
FACT: Adults need semi-annual dental appointments and annual or biannual physicals for cancer and diabetes screening, cardiovascular fitness assessment, flu shots, and to receive information about nutrition, exercise, alcohol and tobacco use, and other aspects of healthy living.
(Source: Unity Health Care)
FACT: Only 33 percent of workers nationally have a sick days policy that officially covers doctors visits.
(Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research)
FACT: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that patients do not return to work until they are completely recovered from the flu.
(Source: CDC)
FACT: The flu accounts for 10 to 12 percent of illness-related work absences.
(Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research)

As the Independent Green Party Candidate for State Representative for the 60th District, I would have fought to get this bill heard or made enough noise to let the public know the state powers to be who could have acted on this bill  who were being paid to keep quiet by lobbyists and corporation PACS.
I guess Bob Hagan was one of these state leaders who decided to remain silent on the sidelines. And Bob Hagan is the Progressive Liberal of the 60 th District?

Dennis Spisak-Independent Green Party Candidate for State Representative-60 th District
Campaign site: Http://votespisak.tripod.com

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