On Sept. 12, 2026, over 300 OCSEA activists attended the OCSEA Bargaining Council in Columbus to elect the next OCSEA State Contract Bargaining Team. The Team will negotiate the OCSEA state contract that expires at the end of February 2027 and includes 24 OCSEA union members representing every state OCSEA bargaining unit as well as OCSEA's three executive officers. See the Team list at OCSEA.org/Bargaining.
Now that the Team has been elected, our next steps will be to start building a winning strategy around our theme: Our Contract! Our Future! For the elected team members, that means working hard before the start of bargaining to get training on procedure, talk strategy and to take a deeper dive into the bargaining survey results. Over the next several weeks the team will focus on the priorities of the membership to create bargaining proposals and come up with strategies and tactics that match those priorities. Read more.