News

Prudential Pathways: A Financial Wellness Series
Jan. 4, 2016
Union Benefits Trust, in conjunction with Prudential, is hosting a financial wellness seminar for members in Franklin County.

OCSEA members: Go back to college with the Les Best Scholarship
Jan. 1, 2016
The Les Best Scholarship helps OCSEA members and their families pay for education. A total of $12,000 will be awarded for the 2015/2016 academic year.

Message from President Mabe: Happy Holidays
Dec. 24, 2015
I would like to wish each and every OCSEA member a happy holidays. I hope that your celebrations are filled with family and friends and that you are enjoying some well-deserved time off.

Write a letter urging repeal of "Cadillac Tax"
Dec. 16, 2015
Members of OPERS and retirees are being asked to write letters to lawmakers in Washington urging repeal of the excise tax that could affect members' retiree health care.

Out of Balance
Dec. 16, 2015
Right-wing billionaires are pushing a Supreme Court case called Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association that could make it much more difficult for public service workers to come together, speak up, and get ahead.

Community College sign-ups going strong
Dec. 16, 2015
Nearly 500 OCSEA members have inquired about the new members-only benefit of free community college.

Hancock Chap. 3200 helps families in need
Dec. 16, 2015
Members of OCSEA Hancock Chap. 3200 have donated clothing, diapers and toys to two families who are staying at the Open Arms Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services in Findlay, Ohio.

Union resolves ODOT tax reporting
Dec. 16, 2015
OCSEA activists have resolved a tax reporting issue for ODOT employees who work in multiple counties.  

Keep the pressure on against right-to-work
Dec. 9, 2015
We want to hear from union members about why right-to-work is wrong for you, how it makes you less safe on the job and how attacking wages and benefits hurts the entire community.

AFSCME Strong organizing taking off
Dec. 9, 2015
OCSEA activists are smack in the middle of a massive internal organizing campaign to sign up as many “fairshare” feepayers as possible and to have one-on-one conversations with 80 percent of OCSEA members.

Union members at Hocking Correctional Facility give blankets to children in need
Dec. 8, 2015
Members of District 8 and Hocking Correctional Facility Chap. 3730 gave back to their communities by donating $300.00 to the Project Linus Program, which provides handmade blankets to children in need.

2016 OCSEA Conference Schedule
Dec. 7, 2015
Save the dates for the Committee for Minority and Community Affairs (CMCA) Conference in March, the Women's Action Committee (WAC) Conference in May and the one-day Presidents Conference in August.  

Register now for online basic steward training
Dec. 4, 2015
Basic steward training covering the 2015-2018 contract between the State of Ohio and OCSEA is now available online as a live webinar.

Dec. 16 Right-to-work meeting in St. Clairsville
Dec. 3, 2015
Join We Are Ohio and the Ohio AFL-CIO at the Eagles Club in St. Clairsville on Wednesday, Dec. 16 to learn about the threat of right-to-work in our community.

OCSEA activists attend first Right to Work hearing
Dec. 3, 2015
Just like they did four years ago when it was called Senate Bill 5, hundreds of union activists and allies crammed into the Ohio Statehouse this week to listen to a first hearing on House Bill 377, the latest right-to-work bill. 

Unemployment bill could be on hold
Dec. 3, 2015
OCSEA activists have been closely following a bill that would reduce unemployment compensation benefits on the backs of Ohioans out of work and make Ohio’s economy more vulnerable during a recession. 

Dec. 7 Legislative Town Hall in Cleveland
Nov. 30, 2015
Workers in Ohio and their families are under attack. Join us in this town hall meeting to learn about right-to-work, why we need to keep the prevailing wage and how extreme lawmakers are chipping away at your rights, wages and safety on the job.

How does your chapter give back?
Nov. 25, 2015
How is your chapter giving back to the community this holiday season? Send your stories to aprince@ocsea.org to be included in our Labor Gives Back series.

Tell your legislator to Vote NO on House Bill 394
Nov. 25, 2015
Call your rep at 844-213-8172 and let them know you oppose balancing the state's unemployment fund on the backs of the unemployed. 

Private sector "right-to-work" bill hearing scheduled
Nov. 25, 2015
House Bill 377, the latest private sector right-to-work bill, is moving forward and will have its first hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 1.