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 RETIREMENT  
Parks elected to OPERS board
Dec. 19, 2007 (COLUMBUS) – The recently elected president of the largest state employee union was tapped today to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System. Eddie L. Parks was elected by the other members of the OPERS board as the designated representative of state employees and fills the vacancy created when the former state-employee representative retired earlier this year. His term of office will run through 2010. READ MORE...

UNION ELECTIONS  
Parks tapped as new president of state employees union
Aug. 24, 2007 (COLUMBUS) – Delegates at the convention of Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, the largest state employees union, today tapped Columbus resident Eddie L. Parks to be the 36,000-member organization’s new president through 2011. Parks has been OCSEA’s vice president for the last four years. READ MORE...

Cleveland-area BWC employees to host legislator walk-thru
July 16, 2007 -On Tuesday, July 17, 2007 beginning at 10 a.m. union leaders who work for the Bureau of Worker’s Compensation will host a legislative walk-through of the Garfield Heights BWC service office. For more information, contact Deirdre Wedig, 614-865-2604 (office), 614-804-4834 (cell), doneill@ocsea.org.
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 mount vernon dc 
Union calls for increased staffing, training
June 27, 2007 - OCSEA members are holding an informational picket will take place today from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Developmental Center, 1250 Vernon View Dr., outside the front gate concerning the effects of new court-ordered admissions on staffing levels and the health and safety of residents at the center. READ MORE...

Union picket highlights need for increased staff, ramped-up training
June 26, 2007 - An informational picket will take place Wednesday, June 27 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Developmental Center, 1250 Vernon View Dr., outside the front gate concerning the effects of new court-ordered admissions on staffing levels and the health and safety of residents at the center. READ MORE...

 SANDUSKY OVH  
Picket highlights program reductions
June 26, 2007 (SANDUSKY, OH) – At an informational picket today outside of Ohio’s largest Veteran’s Home, Ohio Veterans’ Home employees said long-term financial problems have taken a toll on veterans’ care and programming at the center. Contact Sally Meckling about this OVH picket at smeckling@ocsea.org or 614-865-2602. READ MORE...

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