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Ohio Senate Bill 52 proposes major agency consolidations, elimination of 11,000 state jobs

Proponents of Ohio Senate Bill 52 say it will “simplify” state government by eliminating more than 11,000 state employee positions from the payroll and merging 20-plus cabinet level agencies into 10. OCSEA leaders who held a press conference on Tues., Oct. 27, explained why a proposal to “restructure” state government and cut the state workforce by 25 to 30 percent would be foolish. FULL STORY

Join with OCSEA and urge your Ohio Senator to vote:

• NO on Senate Bill 52 to avoid putting thousands of Ohioans at risk by slicing vital state services.
  
  
• YES on House Bill 318 to freeze a tax cut that we just can't afford. 

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A similar proposal to cut one-fourth of the state workforce was introduced in 2005 by former Attorney General Jim Petro. OCSEA, of course, opposed his plan, which never made its way out of the Statehouse. However, this time we might not be so lucky. Be ready to take action.

State employee jobs—and the services we provide—depend on it. Stay tuned to the OCSEA website, email and publications for updates and action alerts.

PEOPLE—Public Employees Organized for Political and Legislative Equality—carries the voice of public employee union members to the Statehouse and Capitol Hill on issues like agency consolidation as well as state and federal budget matters. PEOPLE, the OCSEA / AFSCME political action committee, depends on members' voluntary contributions, not union dues.

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