A new OCSEA: Not your parents’ union!

OCSEA members today—especially those younger members—have a different perspective than members of decades past who worked and struggled prior to receiving collective bargaining rights in the mid-80’s.

But that doesn’t make younger members’ concerns about issues like childcare and employment security any less significant.

“We have to take the pulse of these younger members and bring their issues to the forefront. That means getting them involved on the chapter level, in local and statewide labor/management, and at the highest levels of the union,” said OCSEA Board of Directors member Charlie Williamson, a leader of the Board’s next wave initiative.

The way the union communicates with members is changing, too.

Young members are more likely to use alternative technology, like getting their information on websites, blogs and forums ,and conversing over email.

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