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Bev Payne has worked at Crestline City Schools for 34 years and is a proud member of Local 416. She is sticking with her union because of strong contract language that protects her seniority, guarantees job security, fair wages and good benefits. Bev would never consider dropping out of her union. See more of why […]
It’s Back to School time, and OAPSE members across Ohio are ready to welcome students to a new year. OAPSE is the most powerful voice for the hard-working women and men who serve Ohio’s school children, community and technical college students, those in early childhood education programs, children and adults with special needs and those […]
Jessica Seeley is union strong! The 17-year member of Local 768 at Whitehall City Schools is a secretary at Etna Road Elementary School. President of her local union, Jessica is proud of the work she does to assist students, staff and families every day. And she is proud of her union – which is at […]
The childcare attendants and intervention aides in Columbus City Schools work with disabled students and are members of Local 336. They love the students they work with, and they love their union. Local 336 Vice President Stephanie Wiley said she and her coworkers “take pride in everything we do,” including the summer work to clean […]
Ohio has a new two-year state spending budget, even though it took legislators almost three weeks longer than state law allows to finalize it and have the governor sign off. Among the highlights is good news for the free college program offered to OAPSE members. The budget provides a one-year phase-in to changing the SSI […]