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Volunteer for GOTV through Election Day
Nov. 4, 2016
From the White House to the statehouse, electing politicians who support public employees, public services and the right to collectively bargain is vital to our existence. Volunteer for Get Out the Vote efforts now.

Download your union sample ballot by OCSEA district
Nov. 4, 2016
Get your union-friendly sample ballot by OCSEA district.

Join us for a 2016 Election Night results party
Nov. 4, 2016
Join OCSEA for an election night watch party on Tuesday, November 8 starting at 6 p.m.

Get 2016 voting information at OCSEAVotes.org
Nov. 4, 2016
As we end out this election season, get everything you need to get involved and make voting easy at OCSEAVotes.org.

Download the October 2016 New Directions
Nov. 3, 2016
New Directions is OCSEA's union leader newsletter. Get union leader news to take back to your chapter membership.

ODOT heroes save the life of man trapped in car
Nov. 2, 2016
ODOT heroes from Hamilton-Clermont Chapter 3100 help save man trapped in wrecked car for two day.

CCA changes name, seeks private detention centers
Nov. 2, 2016
After the federal government announced it would no longer use private prisons to house federal inmates, the Corrections Corporation of America is changing its brand with a new name, but continues its same old mission.

Marching for families, farms at Halloween parade
Nov. 2, 2016
OCSEA union members and supporters hit the streets of Mansfield to participate in the community's annual Halloween parade and stand up for public employee union members.

Death row inmate move is another rash DR&C decision
Oct. 26, 2016
OCSEA union leaders told state and national press that the move of death row inmates is another rash DR&C decision that could have a serious impact.

OCSEA pickets prison farm closures at cattle auction
Oct. 26, 2016
OCSEA activists and supporters picketed the closure of the state's prison farms at the site of the last beef cattle auction.

Eastern Gateway announces Winter, Spring 2017 dates
Oct. 26, 2016
Now available are the Winter and Spring 2017 Eastern Gateway Community College class dates. OCSEA members, spouses, children and grandchildren can receive a scholarship that allows them to earn their associate degree from Eastern Gateway—for FREE!

UET announces professional education increase
Oct. 20, 2016
The UET Board of Trustees is pleased to announce an increase in the Professional Enhancement (PE) Program benefit to $1,500 per fiscal year.

AFSCME offers members free child ID kits
Oct. 20, 2016
AFSCME is partnering with the National Child Identification Program to keep kids safe. This month, AFSCME members and retirees will receive a child identification kit in the fall issue of Works, the union's member magazine.

Support prison farms at Mansfield Halloween parade
Oct. 19, 2016
Protest the prison farm closures at the Mansfield Halloween parade on October 29.

Download Oct. 25 Mansfield prison farm picket flier
Oct. 19, 2016
OCSEA members who work at Ohio’s prison farms and their supporters will continue their protest of the state’s prison farm closures in Mansfield on Oct. 29.

OCSEA Labor 2016 office now open at 1 p.m.
Oct. 18, 2016
Volunteer for both phone banking and labor walks from OCSEA Headquarters through Election Day.

Download the Fall 2016 Public Employee Quarterly
Oct. 18, 2016
Download the Fall 2016 edition of OCSEA’s member magazine.

View 2016 Next Wave Conference photo gallery
Oct. 14, 2016
OCSEA members gathered in Columbus on Oct. 8 for the OCSEA District 6 Next Wave Conference.

ALEC-inspired SB 329 could kill state agencies
Oct. 12, 2016
Take a stand against Ohio’s Senate Bill 329, which could do away with entire state agencies, disrupting the lives of millions of Ohioans who depend on the government services.

Early voting is underway across Ohio
Oct. 12, 2016
Early voting has begun in Ohio. Registered voters can cast their ballots at their local board of election's designated early voting polling place.