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What if you refused to do your job? Tell the Senate it's not an option!
March 23, 2016
What if public employees refused to do their jobs? Our roads wouldn’t be plowed, our food supply wouldn’t be safe, our children in need wouldn't have food or shelter and dangerous criminals wouldn't remain locked up! The Senate has a job to do too and that includes their obligation to consider Pres. Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Labor Secretary Perez visits OCSEA
March 23, 2016
Last week, U.S. Dept. of Labor Secretary Tom Perez joined OCSEA and the AFSCME family at OCSEA Headquarters during their Get Out the Vote effort to talk about the importance of this year’s election for working families.

SOCF union leader speaks out, say COs are victims twice
March 23, 2016
Union leaders who work in a Southern Ohio prison are speaking out about red tape issues that put them at high risk for getting infectious diseases.

Register for May 13-15 Womens' Conference in Dayton
March 17, 2016
OCSEA's Women's Action Committee Conference will be held May 13-15, 2016 in Dayton, Ohio. Download the registration form and send in by April 29.

Stop Supreme Court attacks on workers
March 9, 2016
From Pres. Chris Mabe: Now is the time for the Senate to consider a reasonable and fair justice who would protect public workers and the middle class.

OCSEA activists hit 10% PEOPLE goal!
March 9, 2016
The union’s AFSCME Strong campaign hit a major milestone this month, with 10 percent of OCSEA’s membership contributing at the PEOPLE MVP level.

Get early voting and Election Day hours for Tuesday Primary
March 9, 2016
The Ohio Primary Election will take place on Tuesday March 15, 2016. Get early voting and Election Day hours and other resources.

Group suing SOS over 17-year old voter issue
March 9, 2016
A national voting rights organization has filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s rule that denies 17-year-old voters the right to vote for presidential delegates in Tuesday’s primary.

Support Trumbull County Engineer Chapter this Saturday
March 8, 2016
Come out and support Trumbull County Engineers Chap. 7800's informational picket this Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. OCSEA members are encourgaed to attend and bring other union members in support.

OCSEA members never quit!
March 2, 2016
OCSEA members show that they won't back down in the winter edition of the OCSEA magazine, arriving in members’ homes now.

FREE community college: Summer and Fall registration dates available
March 1, 2016
Summer and Fall registration dates open March 7 and April 18 for the FREE community college education benefit for all OCSEA members and their families through Eastern Gateway Community College.

Join the Fight for $15 rally in Cleveland
March 1, 2016
Join SEIU 1199 in Cleveland as they stand up for workers and their right to make at least $15 an hour and so much more at the “Come Get Our Vote March for Justice” rally on March 14.

RSVP for Prudential Pathways financial wellness series
March 1, 2016
Union Benefits Trust, in conjunction with Prudential, is hosting a financial wellness seminar for members in Franklin County.

Your OCSEA membership card: The benefits of being union
Feb. 25, 2016
OCSEA members should begin receiving by mail their annual OCSEA membership card which entitles dues-paying,active members to ALL the benefits that OCSEA has to offer.

Early voting begins Feb.17
Feb. 17, 2016
Early voting for the Ohio primary begins Feb.17. OCSEA members who vote early are encouraged to take a "selfie" showing their support for the election process...and getting out to vote early. 

Friedrichs SCOTUS case hangs in the balance
Feb. 17, 2016
Public sector employees represented by unions across the country are keeping a steady eye on developments in the U.S. Supreme Court after the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia this past weekend. Could the case to undermine collective bargaining now be up in the air?

Union to grieve state over Legionnaires' case
Feb. 16, 2016
The union continues to move forward on filing a grievance over the state of Ohio's lack of communication regarding a case of Legionnaires' disease in a downtown Columbus state office building.

Register for train the trainer event on student loan debt
Feb. 16, 2016
AFSCME union leaders are invited to attend AFSCME's Student Debt Train the Trainer event Feb.23-24 being held at OCSEA. The training will give leaders the skills to hold student debt clinics for their members. 

Union blasts Ohio Supreme Court decision on single subject rule
Feb. 11, 2016
OCSEA is frustrated with an Ohio Supreme Court ruling against the union, in which OCSEA asked that the state of Ohio reinstate employees and cancel the private sale of prisons in Marion and Ashtabula counties.

AFSCME Blog: OCSEA presses case of understaffed prisons
Feb. 10, 2016
OCSEA members in Corrections recently pressed the case of understaffed prisons in some local Ohio newspapers, including in the Mansfield News Journal. Read about it in a blog by AFSCME.