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State Budget
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ODJFS announces 77 position cuts;
Union’s focus turns to displaced members
May 2, 2008 - 10 a.m. - Yesterday ODJFS Assembly union leaders and OCSEA staff met with ODJFS management to review their budget plan, including the rationale for the abolishment of 77 positions currently occupied by OCSEA bargaining unit members. The ODJFS plan was submitted to DAS today. FULL STORY
MRDD, MH union leaders do paper layoffs
May 1, 2008 - Union leadership in MR/DD has wrapped up its "paper layoff" process, and chapter officers in MH are in the process of concluding their process as well. Thanks to savvy negotiations by the union, the total number of OCSEA members’ jobs slated for abolishment has been drastically reduced in both agencies.
FULL STORY
Agreement signed to save jobs in DR&C
April 30, 2008 - OCSEA leaders in Corrections, including Assembly
President Charlie Williamson, recently met with management from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections to strike a deal that will allow the state to continue to post Correction Officer jobs. FULL STORY
JFS budget reduction plan anticipated soon
April 29, 2008 - ODJFS union leaders anticipate, based on conversations with ODJFS management, that the agency's budget plan and rationale for layoffs MAY be released later this week. This also was the message ODJFS Director Helen Jones-Kelly and other members of management brought to the ODJFS Assembly meeting this past Saturday, April 26, at the ODJFS Air Center complex in Columbus. FULL STORY
OCSEA / ODNR Assembly activists lobby legislators on Earth Day
April 23, 2008 ( Columbus, Ohio) - More than 100 environmental activists and stewards of Ohio’s natural resources participated in an Earth Day lobbying event at the Statehouse, sponsored by the Ohio Environmental Council. FULL STORY
OCSEA members in DR&C shoulder unfair burden of cuts
April 10, 2008 - One day after the announcement that Ohio’s prison population hit another high watermark, OCSEA employees in DR&C learned that 701 total positions would be abolished in Ohio’s state prisons. FULL STORY
Budget Update: Union leaders work to minimize damage to agency programs, jobs
March 12, 2008 - Weeks after Gov. Strickland announced a budget shortfall and subsequent cuts to state agencies, OCSEA is working with several agency union leaders to try to delay or minimize the damage. FULL STORY
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RESOURCES Union budget activists are encouraged to review the following Grassroots Facts:
State of Ohio Websites
More Budget Resources
Agency Budget Cuts
FAQs: Early Retirement Incentive Plans
Executive Order on Budget Cuts (PDF)
Gov. Strickland's News Release
Early Retirement Incentive (ERI) Plans Memo from OBM Director Sabety (PDF)
Budget Forecast - January 2008 (PDF)
Budget Archives
2008 Archive of All Budget Articles
Union prepares to fight budget
Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections announces its ERIP details
DRC unveils its ERIP (Feb. 20, 2008 - Blog)
Union analysis projects fewer than 500 layoffs with early retirement, attrition impacting rest of 2,700 job cuts
Lacking data, union reserves judgment on budget cuts, layoffs
Governor announced budget cuts, 2 closings
Agencies consider options to fill budget gap
Agency Review Teams request member input; Frontline workers know best how to improve processes, services
See Articles
State budget might suffer massive cuts; Gloomy revenue forecast says shortfall could near $1.9 billion (Jan. 23, 2008 - Columbus Dispatch)
State faces big budget shortfall (Jan. 23, 2008 - The Plain Dealer )
State predicting budget shortfall up to $1.9 billion (Jan. 23, 2008 - Akron Beacon Journal / Ohio.com )
Financial woes push Gov. Strickland to consider ERIs (OCSEA Blog - Jan. 15, 2008)
State considers early retirements (OCSEA Blog - Jan. 8, 2008)
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