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Criminal Justice bachelor's degree is here!
May 1, 2020
OCSEA is excited to announced the FREE College bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice starting this summer!

UPDATED! FREE bachelor’s degree extended through June 22
May 1, 2020
OCSEA’s partner in Free College will be expanding their Free College offering to Central State University’s (CSU) bachelor’s degree for members and family members who enroll for the May 18 semester.

Tuesday, April 28 Union Coronavirus Update
April 28, 2020
Get the latest OCSEA update on COVID-19 including PPE delivery and the loss of Correction union family member Tina Reeves.

Union activists remember Pickaway nurse lost to COVID-19
April 28, 2020
The unrelenting COVID crisis has, tragically, taken the life of another Corrections employee, a cherished LPN from Pickaway Correctional.

Workers Memorial Day means even more in a pandemic
April 28, 2020
Honoring those who made this ultimate sacrifice on the job this Workers Memorial Day.

ODJFS members: We must invest in public job programs & staff
April 21, 2020
Our OCSEA sisters and brothers in ODJFS are working long and tiring days to support Unemployment Services (UI) for newly unemployed Ohioans, and they are doing it with care and with dignity. But, they, too, are overwhelmed...

Tuesday, April 21 union COVID-19 update
April 21, 2020
OCSEA's biweekly COVID-19 update discusses the need for investment in Unemployment and Job programs, talks about prison hot spots overwhelmed by Coronavirus and what needs to be done and more.

Marion, two other prisons considered national hot spots
April 21, 2020
Last week, the administration began testing all inmate and staff at three of Ohio's hot spot prisons, which has raised concerns about how widespread the COVID-19 really is in Ohio.

Union scholarship deadline extended to June 15
April 21, 2020
Due to the current COVID-19 situation, OCSEA has extended the OCSEA Les Best Scholarship deadline to June 15, 2020.

Friday, April 17 union COVID-19 update
April 17, 2020
OCSEA is calling on DR&C to accept help from the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to relieve critical staffing levels.The union continues to call for increased testing of staff, adequate number of masks, fair compensation, including $8 an hour in emergency pay, more limited movement inside the prisons and a seat at the table over any policy changes, including schedules.

Flattening the curve? Not in Ohio's prisons
April 17, 2020
OCSEA is calling on DR&C to accept help from the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to relieve critical staffing levels. The union continues to call for increased testing of staff, adequate number of masks, fair compensation, including $8 an hour in emergency pay, more limited movement inside the prisons and a seat at the table over any policy changes, including schedules.

AFSCME continues call to #FundTheFrontlines
April 17, 2020
It’s become clear that relief bills Congress has approved thus far, including the record $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, won’t be enough to quell the health and economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But AFSCME has recommendations...

Public Purpose: Returning Public Service to the Spotlight
April 17, 2020
If anything constructive has begun to come out of our current pandemic crisis, it has been the positive spotlight on public services and the essential duties and expertise of our public employee union members who serve and protect Ohioans every day, crisis or not.

OCSEA In the News: Call for testing, PPE & fair compensation
April 14, 2020
OCSEA Chris President Mabe has been hitting the airwaves and news outlets to remind Ohioans of all the public service employees keeping the state afloat and what they need to do their jobs.

Tuesday, April 14 union COVID-19 update
April 14, 2020
Biweekly OCSEA update on COVID-19 with information on PPE concerns, DR&C free fall of directives, federal sick leave and OCSEA in the press and more.

Let OCSEA tell your story of public service
April 14, 2020
Tell your story of public service and sacrifice with a video or photo.

Help us Thank our public employee heroes
April 14, 2020
Let’s all say thank you. Make a Thank You video for our public employee and front line heroes today.

Take action! Petition for equal access to federal leave
April 13, 2020
Petition Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today and ask that ALL Ohio state employees be eligible for the 80-hours federal leave before exhausting their own leaves.

Tell White House: Activate Defense Production Act
April 13, 2020
The Defense Production Act empowers the president to direct businesses to accelerate the manufacturing of N95 masks, respirators, ventilators, gloves and other personal protective equipment. Tell President Trump to act now!

URGENT Friday, April 10 union COVID-19 update
April 10, 2020
Without any union input, the Directors of the Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction and Youth Services unilaterally implemented executive orders to implement hazard pay from 5 to 10 percent of pay and 40 hours of federal emergency sick leave for affected employees in those two agencies.The union did not agree to any of this.