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TELL THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS WE WANT TO KEEP LOCAL CONTROL OF OUR SCHOOLS! Legislators will vote on the state budget this week and must have it completed by June 30. So Take Action Now! OAPSE Members: You can take action to stop the state takeover of our local schools – where thousands […]
Mike Lang has worked at Mt. Vernon City Schools for 10 years, and is an OAPSE local union leader there. Before that, he had a non-union job — so he knows the power and the value of workers speaking with one voice. “I’ve seen both sides, and I can say with confidence that having a […]
CANTON – On May 21, OAPSE local and district leaders in Canton and the North Central District provided meals and snacks to all pre-K-second grade elementary students in Canton City Schools as part of the union’s OAPSE Making a Difference (OMAD) program. The charitable foundation has helped feed more than 12,000 hungry students throughout Ohio […]
Jackie Leisure has worked in the child nutrition department at Canton City Schools for 32 years. She takes great pride in her job – providing healthy breakfasts, lunches and after-school snacks to the hundreds of students at Canton McKinley High School. Jackie knows that some students rely on her and her coworkers for the only […]
Lois Carson has been a secretary at Columbus City Schools for 32 years. Her union has been there for her every step of the way with negotiated pay raises, health insurance, strong contract language — and most importantly for her — sick leave that allowed her to care for her husband when he was gravely […]