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Stop transportation mandate in fed bill
April 4, 2012 - Thanks to your calls and emails, a federal transportation mandate to privatize DOT jobs has been taken off the table…for now. Debate over transportation funding and the mandate will continue through May and June. OCSEA activists are encouraged to contact their members of Congress now. FULL STORY | FLIER | TALKING POINTS

Union, ODOT working to make ODOT Apparel Store union, American-made
March 7, 2012 - The ODOT Assembly is asking members to postpone purchases from the ODOT Apparel Store until there is American and union-made apparel available. FULL STORY

OCSEA wants your feedback on privatization in ODOT
Feb. 17, 2012 - The OCSEA ODOT Assembly is asking OCSEA members in ODOT to submit examples of work being contracting out in ODOT. “No one knows the work better than you do,” said Assembly Pres. Gary Apanasewicz. “That’s why we want to hear from you about what you’re seeing in your worksites, so that we can stop it before the state sends even more tax dollars into the coffers of private companies.” FULL STORY | UBBN

Take action! Stop federal push to privatize state transportation work
Feb. 16, 2012 - As part of federal transportation reauthorization, Congress is proposing mandates on state departments of transportation to privatize, to the maximum extent practicable, all engineering, design, mapping and surveying services for all transportation projects. FULL STORY | TALKING POINTS

ODOT Apparel Store. Not American-Made. Not Union-Made.
Feb. 14, 20122 - It’s come to the attention of the OCSEA ODOT Assembly that items for sale on ODOT's Apparel Store are neither made by a union workforce nor made in America. The Assembly is urging the OCSEA membership who work in ODOT to forego purchasing items from this site until American-made products, at the very least, are made available for sale. FULL STORY | UBBN

ODOT members named heroes
Jan. 31, 2012 - Kudos to two Dept. of Transportation employees who recently helped save a Carroll County family. FULL STORY

Resources

Website - National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions (NASHTU)

Website - Ohio Department of Transportation