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News impacting public employee union members

Today’s date: Sept. 4, 2009
 
Lucasville Correction Officers to picket loss of security towers; ex-hostage to speak

Members of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association who work at the Southern Ohio Correctional Institution in Lucasville will be holding an around-the-clock informational picket on Wed., Sept. 9 and Thurs., Sept. 10.
 
Correction Officers and other prison staff will be joined by members of the area community, including school teachers, parents with school-age children, members of the area home association, other unions to oppose a proposed reduction in security positions and the elimination of the guard towers that played a pivotal role in the 1993 prison riot in Lucasville.
 
Jeff Ratcliff, a former hostage during the Lucasville riot, will also join the picketers to address his concerns about the proposal.
 
What:  Informational picket regarding proposed elimination of security posts, including guard towers

Date:  Wed., Sept 9 to Thurs., Sept. 10

Time: 7 a.m. Sept. 9 until 10 p.m. Sept. 10

Location: Across the entrance to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, 1724 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH 45648

The Ohio Civil Service Employees Association represents 35,000 public employees, 10,000 of which work in DR&C.
 
For more information, contact Sally Meckling, 614-865-2602 or 614-404-3881 (cell).