Membership Options

Retiring soon and want to learn more about membership options? Or maybe you are a chapter officer who is anticipating a flood of retirements in the near future, and you need the Life Membership form.

Keep reading to determine if retiree membership is right for you and download forms.

Retiree members have all the rights and privileges of an active member – except the right to seek the offices of president or vice president and to vote on ratification of a collective bargaining agreement.

As an added bonus to OCSEA Life and Retiree Members, OCSEA upon request will pay the first year’s dues to AFSCME Retiree Chapter 1184.

Download and print an OCSEA Retiree or Life Membership application below or call the union at 1-888-OCSEA-11.

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 OCSEA / AFSCME Local 11 Retiree Membership

Life Membership - Life Membership is extended to retirees, who for a period of at least five consecutive years immediately prior to retirement, were active members of the union.

To activate this option, the chapter president must file an application for life membership for the retiree and agrees to have dues deducted annually from the chapter’s per capita refund. Annual dues of $6.00 are paid by the local chapter.
PDF Form | WORD Form

Retiree Membership is open to any retired employee who was an active OCSEA member at the time of retirement. Annual dues of $6.00 are paid by the member.
PDF Form | WORD Form

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AFSCME Retiree Chapter 1184 Membership

AFSCME Retiree Chapter 1184 is separate from OCSEA and has its own governing body and dues structure. Chapter 1184 is under AFSCME's national retiree group.

The AFSCME Retiree Program, which began operation in 1980, is an expanding national network of retired public sector workers. In the last 20 years, the Program's membership has almost tripled, growing from 60,000 to more than 230,000 dues-paying retirees in 38 chapters and 250 local subchapters, including those in Ohio.

The $24 annual membership fee can be deducted by OPERS. To request a dues deduction authorization card, contact Retiree Coordinator Betty Thomas at 614-433-0303 or write to:

AFSCME Ohio Retirees Chapter 1184
6800 N. High St. Lower Level
Worthington, Ohio  43085-2512.

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See Related

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) or call 800-222-7377

PEOPLE - Retiree and Life Members

Union Education Trust (UET):
Planning Your Retirement Seminar

ERIP - Early Retirement Incentive Plans

AFSCME Retirees

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