June 2007 - Posts

• SEIU Legislative Update for June 18, 2007

  Please find attached to latest SEIU Legislative Update.   Stories in this issue include: Ohio Senate Passes Budget Bill Unanimously Spend Smart Campaign Update Legislation Mandating Public Pension Divestment in Iran on Hold Sick Leave Campaign Update   Please feel free to share it with SEIU staff, members, and whomever else you feel is appropriate. I appreciate feedback so please post any comments you might have. If you want to receive the Legislative Update directly by e-mail I'm happy to add you to my distribution list. You can contact me at collinsseiu@hotmail.com Chris Collins, Legislative Director posted Jun 18 2007, 05:03 PM by chris.collins with no comments

• Legislators seek to limit payday loans

  Short-term borrowing expense mounts when used repeatedly, but industry says it's necessary By Dennis J. Willard, Akron Beacon Journal Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS - Gail Meyers was newly divorced with a 6-year-old daughter, a full- and a part-time job and a payday loan she couldn't get out from under. Every other Friday she would go to a payday lender in Columbus and hand over $345 in cash. The lender would then rip up a check from Meyers for a like amount that she wrote two weeks earlier. The next day, Meyers would go back to the lender, write another check for $345 and get $300 in cash back -- enough to keep her going for the next two weeks until she could repeat the process again. Click here to read the rest of thie article. posted Jun 13 2007, 02:17 PM by admin with no comments