News

Horizon Award nominations due Apr. 1
Nov. 25, 2014
Each year, OCSEA recognizes members and subordinate bodies who go above and beyond with acts of service, volunteerism, contributions and heroism.

Labor Gives Back 2014:
Nov. 18, 2014
Is your chapter or a member of your chapter doing something great for the community this holiday season? OCSEA wants to know about it.

OCSEA Sec'y.-Treas. collecting teddy bears for domestic violence victims
Nov. 18, 2014
OCSEA Sec'y.-Treas. Kathy Stewart is collecting teddy bears to distribute at domestic violence shelters this Christmas through the charity Turning Point.

Report confirms union's view over lack of security at Allen prison
Nov. 14, 2014
Report indicates DR&C is looking into why management failed to properly investigate incident reports filed by Correction Officers that security was being breached and a possible escape of a high-profile inmate was being planned at the Oakwood Allen Correctional Institution.

Sign the Union Power Pledge Card
Nov. 13, 2014
Contract negotiations are right around the corner! In order for our bargaining team to go into the negotiations with a strong hand, we need to stick together, activate our membership and fight hard for the wages and benefits you deserve. Sign the Pledge.

We will soldier on!
Nov. 7, 2014
So where do we go from here? We soldier on, that's what we do. We pick ourselves back up and we live to fight another day. 

Get a ride to the polls in Franklin County
Oct. 30, 2014
The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Columbus & Vicinity will provide Franklin County voters with rides to their polling locations on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Mansfield Halloween Parade rescheduled for Oct. 29
Oct. 28, 2014
Join local OCSEA activists at the Downtown Mansfield Halloween Parade on Wednesday, Oct. 29. Bring the family and have kids wear their costumes! 

Friends or Foes? Who's got your back?
Oct. 28, 2014
In the latest New Directions, OCSEA's leader newsletter, we ask the question: Who are the friends and who are the foes of public employees and working people?

Reminder: Flexible Spending Account open enrollment ends Oct. 31
Oct. 23, 2014
Make your money go farther with a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and pay for health care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars.

The benefits of union membership
Oct. 21, 2014
The AFL-CIO Union Plus wants to make the dream of homeownership a reality, especially for hard working union members who have served in our armed forces.

Second chance poker run this Saturday!
Oct. 14, 2014
Join Mansfield union activists October 18 for a second chance Poker Run to raise awareness about efforts to destroy collective bargaining rights and how activists can fight against these attacks.

Nov. 8: District 6 Next Wave Event
Oct. 14, 2014
On Saturday, Nov. 8, OCSEA District 6 will host a Next Wave event for new OCSEA members and up-and-coming activists.

GOTV updates, offices closed for Columbus Day!
Oct. 10, 2014
Election Day is less than four weeks away, and OCSEA members are fired up!

PEQ sneak preview: OCSEA members will Remember in November
Oct. 9, 2014
Voting has already started in Ohio and nobody has more at stake than OCSEA members who have seen first hand the damage this administration has caused.

Labor wins a seat on the OPERS board
Oct. 9, 2014
A message from OCSEA President Chris Mabe.

Watch OCSEA video of Corrections picket
Oct. 9, 2014
Jim Adkins, Corrections Assembly President, and other OCSEA supporters give plenty of reasons in this video why "This is the November We'll Remember." 

Solidarity Wednesdays: Show your support for Reynoldsburg teachers
Oct. 8, 2014
OCSEA activists are being asked to support Reynoldsburg teachers, who have been on the picket line since Sept. 19 with no end in site. 

Mabe elected to OPERS board, wins pension seat back for labor
Oct. 7, 2014
OCSEA President Christopher Mabe has been elected as the state representative to the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System board, bringing the voice of labor back to Ohio's pension once again!

Correction employees picket for safe prisons at DR&C Central Office
Oct. 6, 2014
Chanting “safe prisons now” and “no more cuts,” Correction employees represented by the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association and who work in the state prisons held a picket today in front of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Central Office in Columbus to demand safer prisons.