WORKSHOP TOPICS

New Delegates Orientation

Is Your Job Affected by Term Limits?

OCSEA Leadership Skills: Building quality union leaders

FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)

Introduction to Recognizing Bargaining Unit Work  

Workforce Development - Mobilizing for the Future

Treasurer Training

Prison Privatization

OCSEA Making It Happen (ORGANIZING)

Working Solutions

OCSEA in the 21^st Century

AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust

Financial Planning for a Strike

The Financial Standards Code

AFSCME Advantage Members Benefit

Privatization – Government for Sale

Surviving Today's Health Care Crisis

A Short History of the Labor Movement

Is Your Job Affected by Term Limits?  Learn how the new term-limited Ohio General Assembly affects your job.

• Kim Fellinger, OCSEA Director of Governmental Affairs

OCSEA Leadership Skills:  Building quality union leaders: Union leaders have much at stake as they move into the 21^st century.

• William Melvin, OCSEA Member
• Cynthia Robertson, OCSEA Member
• Bruce Wyngaard, OCSEA Operations Director

FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act):  This practical introduction to the Family and Medical Leave Action will include an overview of the act, its interpretation, application and benefit to OCSEA bargaining unit members.

• Carrie Cassady, OCSEA Associate General Counsel

Introduction to Recognizing Bargaining Unit Work:  Every union leader must be alert to make sure bargaining unit work is performed by bargaining unit members. Participants will learn how to distinguish bargaining unit work from non-bargaining unit work and discuss petitions to the State Employee Relations Board to bring work into the bargaining unit. Participants will also discuss how to address bargaining unit work performed by supervisors.

• Karen Vroman, OCSEA Staff Representative
• Mark Linder, OCSEA Associate General Counsel

Workforce Development - Mobilizing for the Future:  Workforce Development (WD) serves OCSEA members individually and collectively. However, only through collective action can we keep WD working for bargaining unit members. Join us to learn how to utilize Workforce Development to achieve your own career goals, and how to employ WD as a tool for mobilizing members into collective action.

• Suhail Zidan, OCSEA Workforce Development Manager

Treasurer Training: Treasurer responsibilities and chapter fiduciary responsibilities – what are the fundamentals?

• Vanessa Tolliver, OCSEA Secretary-Treasurer
• Geri Kaparos, OCSEA Comptroller
• Diana Jones, OCSEA Assistant Comptroller

Prison Privatization: Learn about the fight over control of Ohio's prisons. Learn what you need to know about why it's happening and what needs to be done to maintain a publicly operated prison system.

• Tim Shafer, DRC Assembly President
• Joshua Miller, AFSCME International
• Robert Goheen, OCSEA Operations Director
• Bruce Wyngaard, OCSEA Operations Director

OCSEA Making It Happen (ORGANIZING): Getting started in your chapter with the OCSEA organizing model.

• Robert Martin, OCSEA Organizing Director

Working Solution: The Trust can help maintain members with many issues, even in light of stress surrounding state layoffs. Learn about Working Solutions Service's free financial planning and stress-relieving resources.

• Ginger Hackett, Working Solutions, Inc.

OCSEA in the 21^st Century: This workshop will present a forward look at OCSEA in the 21^st century. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about new union strategies to promote employment security, worker democracy and unionism.

• Bruce Wyngaard, OCSEA Operations Director
• Carol Bowshier, OCSEA Operations Director
• Mike Jones, OCSEA Education Director
• Suhail Zidan, OCSEA Workforce Development Manager

AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust:  The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust will provide an overview of the HIT HOME mortgage program that is currently available in the Columbus and Cleveland metropolitan areas.  The program will be expanded statewide during the fall of 2001.

• Irma Munoz, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
• Joseph Shantz, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust

Financial Planning for a Strike: Job Security and being prepared for a strike are two sides of the same coin. Developing a personal strike fund can enable you to stand up for your job with confidence.

• Renee Coil, American Express Personal Financial Advisor

The Financial Standards Code:  Participants will learn how to apply AFSCME's Financial Code in their local chapter, discuss AFSCME's financial code guidelines and learn how to use standard financial record keeping practices for chapter finances.

• Cathy German, AFSCME International Union Auditor

AFSCME Advantage Members Benefit: This workshop will provide attendees with information about the various members-only benefits offered by AFSCME for union members. The AFSCME Advantage Program is also a way to expand membership services and bolster local organizing power.

• Beverly Kreisberg, AFSCME Advantage Program Coordinator

Privatization – Government for Sale: Privatization of public service is more political than it is economic or efficient. Learn why this is important to understand and what strategies AFSCME International and OCSEA are deploying to make a difference.

• Vanessa Tolliver, OCSEA Secretary-Treasurer
• Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME International
• Bruce Wyngaard, OCSEA Operations Director

OCSEA Leadership Skills - Building Quality Union Leaders: Union leaders have much at stake as they move into the 21^st century.

• William Melvin, OCSEA Member
• Cynthia Robertson, OCSEA Member
• Bruce Wyngaard, OCSEA Operations Director

Surviving Today's Health Care Crisis: Health care premiums are soaring. Members find themselves jumping through more and more hoops as they try to work their way through the maze of our nation's broken health care system. This workshop will talk about what is happening in health care, what your union is doing to get the best possible health care for you, and how you can be a smart consumer in health care.

• Marianne Steger, OCSEA Director of Administrative Services

A Short History of the Labor Movement: The labor movement has a very diverse and often joyous and heart breaking history. Come learn where our union came from.

• Pat Hammel, OCSEA Education Representative