AFSCME
Barb Ward has been driving a bus for Fairland Local Schools for nearly 40 years — logging more than a million miles behind the wheel. Her mother, the first woman bus driver at Fairland, taught her how to drive along the winding, narrow roads of Southern Ohio. And Barb taught her daughter and union sister, […]
The deadline to turn in all your materials for this year’s OAPSE/AFSCME Memorial Scholarship is March 1. Don’t miss your opportunity to be eligible for a $2,500 scholarship. Get your materials together today and get them in to the state office! *************************************************************************************** College is expensive. But OAPSE members and their children/guardians can get some financial […]
February is Black History Month, and OAPSE members are marking it with creative and inspirational artwork to inspire students. Shanee’ Barnes, a childcare assistant at Beechcroft High School in Columbus and a member of Local 529, created tributes to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) at her school to educate students about opportunities at the […]
OAPSE Member Has 50 Years as Bus Driver 50 years ago, he took a job as a bus driver for Kettering City Schools to make extra money while his wife was pregnant. Now, OAPSE Local 573 member Terry Lloyd is marking five decades driving students to and from school in this Southwest District school system. […]
Your union will keep you updated about HB 53 and how it impacts your work. Keep checking our website for critical information and how you can help stop HB 53 from becoming Ohio law. OAPSE members remember the Senate Bill 5 fight like it was yesterday — but in fact it was seven years ago. […]