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LOCAL AFL-CIO and Victories Contract: The State of Ohio and OCSEA 2012-2015 Senate Bill 5 Defeated 2011 was a rocky road to victory, indeed, that began with rallies at the Statehouse, the collection of 1.3 million signatures and a triumphant march through Columbus to deliver them – and ended with the overwhelming defeat of Issue 2/ Senate Bill 5 at the polls on Nov. 8, 2011. As the world was watching, together we showed them what solidarity means! BUG Contract BETWEEN THE STATE OF OHIO AND THE OHIO CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION Ohio Civil Service Employees Association Historic Contract Ratified Thanks to the efforts of the OCSEA Bargaining Team, and the defeat of SB 5, OCSEA members ratified an historic three-year extension of the current OCSEA Contract with the State of Ohio. The agreement retains all current contract provisions, excluding cost-savings days, freezes on personal leave and freezes on step increases that were part of the previous three-year agreement. 2012-2015 Hard-fought Budget Wins This year’s budget battle was one of the toughest fought yet. But despite some major cuts, OCSEA activists fought back a plan to privatize the Ohio Lottery and a proposal to increase employee pension contributions by 2 percent. OCSEA also ensured that private prison companies pay their fair share of taxes. Portions of SB 5 that appeared in early versions of the budget also were nixed thanks to OCSEA activists. 6 Public Employee Quarterly Winter 2012
Prison Privatization Plan Curtailed Thanks to pressure by OCSEA activists and other supporters against private prisons, the Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction reversed a plan to sell five state prisons. While the privatization of North Central Correctional Institution in Marion was tough to bear, the agency ultimately only increased the number of privatized prisons by one (instead of five) and brought one privately-run facility back under state management with the merger of the North Coast Correctional Facility and Grafton Correctional Institution. Grafton was one of the prisons originally on the state’s privatization chopping block. Lottery Privatization Plan Nixed OCSEA activists at the Ohio Lottery claimed a major victory this budget cycle when they fought off eleventh hour attempts to privatize their agency. Press conferences and a major media blitz featuring OCSEA union employees, previous administrators, policy makers and others were ultimately responsible for the plan being removed from the final budget. However, more attacks on the Lottery are anticipated even this year. A study to look into the idea has already been commissioned. Development Jobs Saved In 2011, the General Assembly’s passage to give over control of the economic development side of the Ohio Dept. of Development to a private, corporate board called JobsOhio turned the agency on its head. However, OCSEA fought hard to make sure Development employees were impacted as little as possible. In the end, impacted bargaining unit employees were placed in other departments within the agency, resulting in zero layoffs. And, while the recently released legislative agenda advocates changes to Development in 2012, OCSEA will continue to advocate on the behalf of the public work currently done by employees in this area. OCSEA is also monitoring the privatization of liquor profits that could impact this and other state agencies. Winter 2012 Public Employee Quarterly 7
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