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OCSEA members ratify state contract
May 13, 2018
Members of the largest state employees’ union, the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, just ratified a 3-year contract with the State of Ohio.

May 8 Primary: Voters say YES to Issue 1
May 8, 2018
At the April meeting, the OCSEA State Board of Director’s endorsed a YES on Issue 1.

View contract roadshow photo gallery
May 6, 2018
View the regional contract roadshow photo gallery.

Dayton CO honored with DR&C's highest award
May 6, 2018
This year’s Correction Officer of the Year ceremony honored the best and the brightest from around the state.

Women & Minority Conference 2018: Deadline extended
May 3, 2018
May 18-20, OCSEA members will join together for the union's annual Women's Action and Minority and Community Affairs Conference.

Basic and advanced steward training announced
May 3, 2018
OCSEA has announced several upcoming steward trainings, including one Basic Steward and two Advanced Steward trainings.

Contract ratification voting ends May 9
May 1, 2018
Active OCSEA members continue to vote on the tentative state union contract. Voting results are due to OCSEA Central Office by NO LATER than May 10 at noon.

Contract Union wins and what "could have been"
May 1, 2018
The OCSEA bargaining team has traveled the state educating members about the tentative contract and how the union fought off some major takeaways proposed by management.

Free admission for Correction Officers to Kings Island
April 30, 2018
To celebrate Public Safety Awareness Week, Kings Island will be offering free admission from May 14-20 for all fire, police and safety personnel, including Correction Officers.

First week in May marks Correctional Officer week
April 30, 2018
The National Correctional Officers Week will honor Correction Officers across the country May 6-12.

Read ODJFS Phase 2 telework update
April 25, 2018
The union ODJFS teleworking committee has just received an update from ODJFS management regarding the dates of bringing Phase 2 Teleworkers back into offices.

Download Fact Finder Report on wages, health care and more
April 22, 2018
The Fact Finder’s Report with changes to the contract language can now be viewed online by OCSEA members.

Download contract Tentative Agreement
April 15, 2018
The OCSEA Tentative Agreement is now available for download. This, and the Fact Finding report, will be what OCSEA active state bargaining unit members vote on beginning April 25.

Lucasville 25 years later: Unions call for prison safety taskforce
April 10, 2018
OCSEA and SEIU/1199 are calling on the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction to create a joint taskforce to investigate safety dangers at Lucasville and to come up with solutions by both management and union security and medical staff on how to best make employees and inmates safer.

Vision bill compromise not all it’s cracked up to be
April 10, 2018
A compromise has been reached on Ohio House Bill 156 – Vision Care, but it may not be much of a deal after all, says the UBT.

Contract Roadshows, ratification voting coming soon
April 10, 2018
State contract bargaining is over, and now members should begin making preparations to vote on their tentatively agreed upon contract language and Fact Finder's Report, both of which will be released over state and personal email to state of employee bargaining unit members soon.

Updated employee portal, MyOhio, to go live on April 30
April 8, 2018
The State of Ohio enterprise employee portal, myOhio.gov, is being upgraded and will go-live on April 30.

Contract bargaining: the next steps
April 4, 2018
Now that bargaining and the fact-finding hearings are complete, many state bargaining unit employees are wondering what happens next in the bargaining process.

ODOT launches distracted driving corridor
April 4, 2018
ODOT launched its first ever Distracted Driving Safety Corridor along I-76 and I-80 in Trumbull and Mahoning Counties to alert drivers of the dangers of distracted driving.

Bargaining e-news, Fact Finding, March 28, 2018
March 27, 2018
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