OAPSE Vice President Mike Lang Advances Work Safety Agenda

Workplace safety issues are a concern for every OAPSE member across the state. From increasing numbers of assaults on school employees to high profile violent incidents to school bus safety problems, our union is responding to all of these dangers.

OAPSE State Vice President Mike Lang has been our union’s leading voice at the state and national levels on matters related to safety. Vice President Lang recently called together OAPSE leaders from around Ohio to discuss how we can protect our members and the students and communities we serve. “The OAPSE Safety Committee will continue to explore the problems and the solutions”. Lang said. “We can’t fix everything, but we can work to raise awareness about these critical questions.”

Currently, Vice President Lang and OAPSE’s State Safety Committee are working on passing HB 525 in the Ohio legislature. HB 525 would give ALL school employees protections on school grounds that currently only apply to teachers and administrators.