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Budget office to post info on agency cuts
 June 19, 2009 - Gov. Ted Strickland made an announcement late Friday afternoon about state agency budget cuts and a new revenue source, gambling. See the Columbus Dispatch article and check the Ohio Office of Budget and Management (OBM) Website for more details.
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Will your job be spared?
June 18, 2009 - A quarter of all OCSEA members would be laid off under new scenarios that the Governor requested of all state agencies in order to fill a $3.2 billion budget gap. According to Office of Budget and Management documents obtained by several media outlets and by OCSEA, scenarios of 10, 20 and 30 percent were put together by agency heads with detailed descriptions of what programs would be cut in each case and how many Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions would have to be eliminated. FULL STORY | TAKE ACTION
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PEOPLE Power = Union Power
OCSEA members are involved daily in power building activities that positively impact the union, our jobs, and the services we deliver to Ohioans. In fact, the union's political action program, PEOPLE, gives members a voice in the Ohio Statehouse and U.S. Capitol on a variety of issues. Learn more about how you can get involved in PEOPLE and build union power:
- Support PEOPLE to support budget lobbying efforts
- Participate in District Grassroots Committees
- Lobby on budget issues
- Post union bulletin board materials at your workplace.
- Write letters to the editor on issues like the budget that impact government employees and services.
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