"When we talk about ‘vote your job,’ it’s not just a bumper sticker, it’s not a tagline,” said OCSEA President Chris Mabe at the OCSEA Presidents Conference this summer. The event kicked off OCSEA’s Get Out the Vote (GOTV) season, inviting labor-friendly candidates and advocates to speak on the importance of electing candidates who support public workers, their unions and the services they provide.
The results of the November 3 election will be monumental for all Ohioans, and particularly for state employees as we elect the person who will lead the state in contract negotiations. “It’s time we get the best seat at the table to move us forward,” said Mabe.
That's why OCSEA union activists are speaking up about what voting and the upcoming midterms mean to them. From protecting the union contract and public services to making sure members are safe on the job and families are getting a fair shake, these activists advocate that voting your job matters!
Ohio’s razor-thin gubernatorial race is between Dr. Amy Acton, a pro-union Democrat and public servant, and Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican billionaire with a record of cutting public services. The choice is clear: Acton supports public collective bargaining in Ohio whereas Ramaswamy wants to reduce labor’s power and strip union rights in the name of “government efficiency.”
"This November, working people must vote like our jobs, our freedoms, and our families’ futures depend on it, because they do. We must elect candidates who will lower costs, protect public services, and stand up for working people, not billionaires,” said newly elected AFSCME International President Patrick Moran in his Labor Day message.
Read the activist spotlights plus get more Vote Your Job Resources in the Fall edition of the union magazine, The Public Employee Magazine. The mailed magazine also includes a union-endorsed sample ballot.