State Offi cers Elec tion and Confe r ence Infor ma tion Enclos ed

Official Publication of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees, OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4/AFL-CIO Vol. 71, No. 1 Fall, 2012 OAPSE Backs Brown for Return to Supreme Court Ret aiJn i ng ustice Will Keep Friend to Workers on State’s Highest Judi c ial Body hile all eyes will be on the presi - ence,” Brown has said. “Yvette and her husband, who has Wdential and U.S. Senate races this Born to a sin gle mother, McGee been a teacher for 35 years, believe in a fall, “it’s impor t ant to reme m ber that we Brown was raised by her mom and strong pub lic ed u ca tion. They be lieve in have other criti cal elections that will im- grandmo ther and encour aged to work a strong middle class. They believe that pact OAPSE members and our fami lies hard for ever y thing she wanted. She is a people who are struggling to get by as for dec ades,” said Ex ec u tive Di rec tor gradu ate of Mifflin High School, which they work hard to take care of their fam i- Joe Rugola. is part of the Colu m bus City Schools, lies deserve some help and deserve a fair Chief among the “down ballot” races, where 3,200 work ers are rep resented by shake from their gove rnment. Ba sically, those listed well below the presi d ential OAPSE. McGee Brown gradu ated from they be lieve what OAPSE members be- and senate races, is the one feat urin g Ohio Univer s ity and earned a full ride to lieve – that ev ery Ohioan is enti tled to a Ohio Su preme Court Justice Yvette law school at The Ohio State Univer sity . de cent liv ing and a se cure retire ment . McGee Brown. She is running to finis h She worked in the Ohio Att orney Gen- That’s why we sup port Yvette and urge the fin al two years of Just ice Maureen eral’s of fice and was elected to the her re election,” Rugola said. O’Connor’s term. O’Connor moved into Frank lin County Court of Com mon He encour aged OAPSE mem bers and the Chief Justice chair after the death of Pleas. She left that post to found the Cen- their fam ilies to reme m ber to vote and to Thomas Moyer. O’Connor’s seat was ter for Child and Family Ad vo cacy, be sure and mark their ballots for filled by McGee Brown when she was which helps children who are victim s of Obama, (Sherrod) Brown and (Yvette appointed to the court in Janu ary, 2011 abuse and neg lect. McGee) Brown. by Gov ernor Ted Strickland after serv- ing as his running mate. Alt hough they lost their election bid, that race served to int roduce Yvette to the voters of Ohio. “Here in Central Ohio, Yvette McGee Brown has a strong repu tation as a law- yer, judge and ad vocate for vul nera ble children. But in 2010, she traveled the state with Ted and showed all Ohioans what a thoughtful, bright, ener getic and com mit ted per son and can di date she is. The members of the OAPSE Exec u tive Board met with her several times and are very pleased to be back ing Yvette in the election this year,” Rugola said. McGee Brown is the only Demo crat on the state’s top court, but has built a pro duc tive work ing re la tion ship with the other six justices, she said. But she has stressed that her life expe riences have given her a perspec tive that dif fers from the other justices. “It’s im port ant to have diver s ity among all our judges. Not just diver s ity in terms of race or gender or polit i ca l Ohio Supreme Court Justice Yvette McGee Brown, with OAPSE Exec u tive Direc tor Joe Rugola, party but diver s ity in terms of life expe ri - has the strong support of OAPSE in her race to return to the court for another term.

Fall, 2012 Vote This Year To Stop the Assault on Work ers At tacks Did n’t Stop With the Defeat of Senate Bill 5 s you prepare to vote – either very even richer and giving them the money who came from a soon by ab sent ee ballot or in No - to outright buy our elections. All we work ing class Avember on Election Day — it is impor tant need to do is look at the sec ret and dirty fam ily and never to consider the im pact of your choices millions of dollars floodi ng into Ohio to forgot her roots and what a differ ence you can make by attack Sherrod Brown. More than $15 and her values. sup port ing can di dates who sup port you million in Super PAC money has been People like Pres- and your fam ily. We found that out the spent against Sherrod to date, and we can i dent Obama, Etxe cu t ive Doir ec r hard way af ter the 2010 elections left us expect at least another $15 million be- who in her ited a Joe Rugola with poli ti c ians who would have been all fore Election Day. his toric eco- too happy to see ever y OAPSE mem ber Now, another election is in front of us, nomic crisis that no one could have fixed out of a job or stripped of their union and and the choices are the same as those we in just a few years. And the many other s their col lec tive bar gain ing rights. made last fall. Will Ohio and America who share our core belief that John Diffi cult as it is to believe, nearly a continue to shower tax breaks and special Kasich and his Wall Street friends have year has passed since Ohioans deliv ered advan tages on the alread y ob scenely grabbed enough from working fam ilie s a crushi ng blow to John Kasich and his rich? Will we stand for the attacks on So - in recent years. Wall Street friends who were at tack ing cial Secu rity and Medicare that are at the Check out the other endorse me nts in our members ’ jobs, wages and bene f its. core of the Romn ey-Ryan budget plan? this issue of the OAPSE News, log on to Sena te Bill 5 was just one part of a com - Or will we Ohioans at long last re gain our www.oapse.org and click on the pre hen sive as sault on work ing fam i lies senses and provide job secu rity , hones t MyOAPSE button on the page, and look that contin ues to this day all over the wages and de cent re tire ment ben e fits for in the mail for the infor ma tion our na- coun try. That attack was conc eived and is those who do the work that adds act ual tional union, AFSCME, will be sendin g funded by giant corpo rations and the ex - value to our coun try. this fall to get our recom menda tions for treme poli ti cians who take their money. This fall, before you decide how to your vote for pro-OAPSE, pro-family Pension bene fits for cur rent and fu - vote, take a look at the candi dates who can di dates. ture retir ees are bei ng cut, health care have stood with us, not just on Senate Nove mber, 2011 showed both the reform is targ eted for de struction, and Bill 5, but on all of the issues that deter - power of our vote and the dangers we un ion contracts are bei ng trashed. The mine what kind of life our members will face if our vote puts the wrong people in privat iza tion of school and other pub lic have – sec ure retire me nt, good health office. Let us all vote for candi dates who sec tor jobs is ac celer at ing and Kasich’s care and a fair wage for honest work. un derstand the life of a food service fund ing cuts to ed u ca tion, to tal ing more People like Sen at or Sherrod Brown, worker, a De vel op men tally Dis abled bus than $1.3 billion, have cost hundreds of who has been a tireless voice for school driver, a Head Start staff mem ber, and a OAPSE members their jobs. em ployees and all OAPSE mem bers for library em ployee. Let us all vote for a All of this has been done in the name his entire life. Peo ple like Ohio Suprem e secure job, a fair wage, and a de cent re- of maki ng the super-rich in America Court Just ice Yvette McGee Brown, teirem nt.

the auto bail out, I have seen firsthand how Choices are Clear in 2012 Elections he cares about work ers and our fam ilies. s you think about your choices in this mem ber that there are can di dates who will The stim u lus and the bailout of the Ameri - year’s elections, I’m aski ng you to rea lly stand with you and candi dates who can au to mo bile man u fac tur ers has made a Areme m ber that your vote will deter mi ne can’t stand you and would be happy to re- huge differ ence in the Mahoning Valley , the direc tion of our state and our countr y. place you with a low-wage worker who where I am from. We have been on a I’ve never missed gets no retire me nt and no bene fits . downwa rd econom ic spiral for decades as voti ng in an elec- Take Sherrod Brown, for ex am ple, as a result of steel and auto plant closings. Of tion, and I’m not someone whose support for us can never course, the decline in jobs has meant the missi ng this one, be ques tioned. As a state repre sen ta tive , loss of many small businesses and a huge because I know our Ohio secre tary of state, and our U.S. decline in tax dollars to support our how great the sena t or, there has never been a time when schools, lib raries, county boards of devel - stakes are for me, Sherrod has not supp orted OAPSE and all op men tal dis abil i ties, com mu nity col leges, my co work ers, pub lic em ployees. In 1983, he helped give and ever y other public ser vice. my famil y and us the collec tive bargain ing law that Without the auto bailout and our pub- my com mu nity. moved us from second-clas s citi zens to re- lic in vestme nt in compa nies like General I know you are spected work ers pro vid ing ser vices the Motors, more than 850,000 Ohio work- sick and tired of pub lic needs and wants. And he’s been on ers in the au to mo bile in dus try could OAPSE State Presi dent the neg ative ads. I our side ever since. He never wavers and have lost their jobs. And some expert s JoAnn Johntony am, too. But don’t never strays from his prin ciples and his esti m ate that one in 10 workers in the let your frustra tion with the polit i cal pro- val ues. He is honest, earnest and U.S. would have been at risk of hit ting cess keep you from your res ponsi bil ity of hard-worki ng. Through his stead fast sup- casti ng your ballot. And when you do, re- port for the econom ic stim u lus plan and Contin ued on Page 3

Page 2 OAPSE News Contin ued from Page 2 pletely out of touch with real ity . We also need to re-elect Presi dent the unem ployme nt line if the “Big Obama and give him a chance to fini sh the Three” auto mak ers had been allowed to job he started. His initia tive, the Ameri can “go bankrupt” as Mitt Romn ey wanted. Jobs Act, included $1 billion for Ohio’s Now, in Lordstown alone, more than schools, and the Edu cation Jobs Fund 5,000 work ers are busy produc ing the meant an invest me nt of $361 million to Chevy Cruze, and more jobs will be keep school em ployees on the job. He added there soon. In ad dition, GM will wants to end tax breaks for million aires spend more than $220 million to im - and huge corpo rations and make sure mid- prove the pro duction line. That means dle class fami lies get the help we need to more priv ate sect or workers on the job. make it in these diffi cult eco nomic times. And that’s good for us because worker s Presi dent Obama thinks like un ion pay taxes that sup port our pub lic jobs. members think – that we’re all in this to- And workers with good jobs spend gether. That we are stronger when we money with small businesses and help work to gether. I urge you to support our build strong com mu ni ties. Sherrod presi dent and give him another four knows that, and that’s why we can al- years so our countr y can continue on the ways count on him to be on our side. path towa rd a stron ger econom y and an The botto m line is that we need peo- even better America. ple like Sherrod in office – people who Please take a look at the endorse me nts un ders tand our issues and con cerns and included in this issue of the OAPSE United States Senior Sena t or from Ohio help to make our lives better. Believ e News. OAPSE’s en dorse ment com mit tee Sherrod Brown me, his oppo nent, Josh Mandel, is not on rec om mends these can di dates be cause our side. He sup ported Senate Bill 5 and they have the rec ords and po sitions that So I’ll look for you at our phone would have voted against the econom ic EARNED our endorse m ents. As we banks and our labor walks between now stim u lus plan. And that’s just the tip of know from the Senate Bill 5 fight, it mat- and Election Day. And I’ll look forwa rd the iceberg with him. He actu ally called ters who serves in our legis la ture. We to cel e brat ing the many vic to ries for Sherrod “un-Ameri can” for voting to have to take ev ery election seri ously. We working people that we achieve in No- save the auto in dustr y. That’s just com - have to take our votes seri ously. vem ber and beyond. PEOPLE Com mit tee Kicks Off Con fer ence Lneade rs hip Camp aig Res o lu tions enate Bill 5 is a great example of Dead line for 2013 S why every OAPSE member should contribute to PEOPLE, the union’s polit- he dead line to sub mit res o lu tions ical action committee and our way of for OAPSE/AFSCME’s 73rd An - raising money to use in political elections Tnual Del e gate Con ference will be Feb - and fights like the one we had last year. If what we must do to prepare for what ruary 1, 2013. Res o lu tions to the “We need to raise money to fight seems to be a non-stop battle to protec t Con sti tu tional Con fer ence can be sub - anti-worker, un friendly leg is la tion like our public jobs isn't conveyed to our mitted only by a Local, a District or the Senate Bill 5. Millions of our PEOPLE mem bers by their leader ship, the mem- State Ex ec u tive Board. dollars were used to win that huge bat- bers may not under stand. PEOPLE gives All res o lu tions must be cer ti fied by tle,” said Barb Ward, chair of the us what we need to help defend ours elves. the Sec re tary of the re spec tive sub or di- OAPSE/AFSCME State PEOPLE Com - “Current OAPSE members who con - nate body as outlined in Section 8.06 mit tee. “But we also use PEOPLE tribute to PEOPLE are the folks who of the OAPSE/AFSCME State Consti - money to win local levy cam paigns and should be thanked. They have fought for all tu tion. elect friendly pub lic of fi cials, in clud ing of us thus far. As leaders, we must become The An nual Del e gate Con fer ence school board members. That’s espe cially engaged in the efforts to pro tect all OAPSE will be held on May 9-11, 2013, at the impor t ant now, since the Gover nor cut mem bers' jobs,” she explained. "Our goal Hyatt Regency Ho tel in Colu mbus. our edu cation fundi ng in Ohio by more for this year is to sign up all OAPSE loca l than $1.3 billion.” offi cers and the PEOPLE captain in ever y Ward said PEOPLE dollars also help OAPSE local. Our commit tee will be lead - OAPSE fight privat iza tion at the local ing the efforts at district meetings and will level and statewide, and are used to fight work with local offi cers to increase mem - REMEMBER for pension secu r ity and the fight to pro- ber ship par tic i pa tion within all lo cals.” tect our defined bene fit plans. Ultimately, Ward said, the goal is to You can vote at home At a meeting held in late August the meet the In terna tional union’s goal of State PEOPLE Com mittee outlined its havi ng at least 10 percent of all OAPSE start ing Octo ber 2nd! goals for the com ing year. “The role of members con tribut ing to PEOPLE at the leader ship in each of our locals is criti cal. MVP level, which is $100 per year. Req uest your aobs ent ee btal l NOW!

Fall, 2012 Page 3 and Rep. Jim Renacci, the Re pub li can in - This year, it’s Yes on Issue 2!!! cumbent in the 16th District. Then, within 13 min utes of the first e-mail, the map draw ers responded that Timken would now be in Renacci’s district, no problem , no ques tions asked. “Where is the fairness there? Were they even think ing about Ohio vot ers when they made that deci sion? Or were their ac- tions based solely on what was best for Re pub li can can di dates? This shows how badly we need an unbi ased system to draw our leg is la tive bound aries,” Rus sell said. A YES vote on Issue 2 will mean com mon sense reform that is a step in the right di- rection towa rd fixing a broken system . Passage of Issue 2 will make how legis la - n 2011, Ohio voters were enc ouraged OAPSE state vice pres ident . tive lines are drawn more account able, to vote NO on Issue 2 to beat back Acc ordi ng to Voters First, the trans par ent and bal anced. “We need to ISena te Bill 5, the legis la tion that would OAPSE-backed coa lition urging a Yes on pass Issue 2 so that neither party can un- have gut ted col lec tive bar gain ing for Is sue 2 vote, some se ri ous she nan i gans oc- fairly domi nate state poli tics or rig the pub lic work ers and put our jobs, pay and curred while Repub li cans were drawing the system to their own advan tage. We need to ben efits at risk. This year, we are urgin g new state and con gres sio nal leg is la tive lines put a stop to this so we have fair repre sen - a YES vote on Is sue 2, the statewide bal- this year. The Repub li cans met behind tation at the Statehouse and in Congres s,” lot meas ure de signed to fix a broken sys- closed doors, in a hotel room nickna med Rus sell said. tem of draw ing legis la tive lines in Ohio. “the bunker,” inten tion ally hiding the pro- In order to stress the YES on Issue 2 Voti ng experts and the media agree that cess from the public. The group sent a message, the campaign will hold “Scrub the syste m is flawed, noti ng that Issue 2 prelim inary map to the speaker of the U.S. Off Satur days ” from now through the is an atte mpt to take the map-drawin g House of Rep re sen ta tives, John Boehner, election. You will have the oppor tu nity power away from the poli ti cians and po- who rep re sents Ohio’s 8th Con gres sio nal to visit a drive through and have your liti cal parties and ins tead give it to a bal- District, near Cincinnati. A mem ber of NO on Issue 2 bumper sticker from last anced, in de pend ent com mis sion that Speaker Boehner’s staff, responded year scrubbed off and replaced with a would draw more-com peti tive and geo- through e-mail to those in charge of draw- YES on Issue 2 bumper sticker. graph i cally log i cal maps. ing the new districts , req uesting a last Check the OAPSE web site at “We don’t have to look any far ther minute change to Dis trict 16 by adding a www.oapse.org and the We Are Ohio than Northeast Ohio to see why we need large business, Timken, which regu larly web site at www.weareohio.com for to pass Issue 2,” said Davida Russ ell, do nates to Re pub li cans, in clud ing Boehner dates, loca tions and times. Pension Changes Signed by Gover nor tate lawma k ers have made changes to Ohio’s five pub lic pension sys- School Em ploy ees Re tire ment Syste m Stems that alter retire me nt ages for those Board-Approved Plan Summary not close to retire me nt. Most of the sys- tems, exclud i ng the School Em ployees Senate Passed S.B. 341: Re tire ment Sys tem (SERS) changed SERS Members SERS Members Hired Effective for Those With cost-of-liv ing ad just ments for all re tir ees Hired on or after 5/14/2008 Fewer Than 25 Years and the Final Aver age Sala ry (FAS) cal- before 5/14/2008 S.B. 148 - 127th G.A. of Service cMul at ion. ost OAPSE memb ers p-art ici (Sen. Faber) on or after 8//2017 pate in SERS. However, a few thou sand Retire with no Age 65 with 5 years, or Age 65 with 10 years, or Age 67 with 10 years, or OAPSE mem bers partic i p ate in the Ohio Age 55 with 30 years Pub lic Em ploy ees Re tire ment Sys tem reduction Any age with 30 years Age 57 with 30 years (OPERS). The changes were made with Age 60 with 5 years, or Age 62 with 10 years, or Age 62 with 10 years, or wide bi par ti san sup port in sep a rate leg is- Early retirement lation deali ng with each syste m. Gover - Age 55 with 25 years Age 60 with 25 years Age 60 with 25 years nor Kasich was exp ected to sign the bills into law before the end of Septe m ber. and secu r ity. It’s too bad our board mem- We will continue to watch closely and “OAPSE members on the (SERS) board bers weren’t lis tened to 20 years ago.” keep OAPSE members updated on any have worked very hard to pro tect retire - Di rec tor of Po lit i cal Ac tion and Leg- changes to their pension bene fits.” ment bene fits for current and future isla tive Af fairs Randy Weston said once The chart above outlines changes to re tir ees,” said State Secre tary Sandy the board approved changes, “We SERS bene fits. Reduc tions will be made Wheeler. “In fact, for years, our elected closely mon it ored the actions of law- for early ret ireme nt. All changes to both repre sen ta tives to SERS have been callin g makers to make sure they didn ’t go SERS and OPERS can be found on their for changes to make the system stron ger be yond the rec om men da tions and se ri - websites at www.ohsers.org and and make sure we can all retire with dignity ously harm our members and retir ees. www.opers.org.

Page 4 OAPSE News JUST THE FACTS On protect ing the middle class . . . On protect ing the middle class . . . PRESIDENT OBAMA has a plan to protect the middle class by MITT ROMNEY plans to cut the taxes of the ending tax breaks for the wealthi est Ameri cans while pro tecti ng in - wealthi est Ameri cans which will lead to tax vestments in public edu ca t ion and Medicare. He has cut taxes for hikes for 5.5 mil lion mid dle class fam i lies in all working fami lies, has cut taxes for small businesses 18 times, Ohio. Under Romney, 95 percent of Ameri - asked Congress to pass the Buffet Rule to make million aires pay cans would see their taxes go up. He would their fair share and proposed expand ing the Child Tax Credit for give tax breaks to compa nies that ship jobs hardwork ing fami lies with children. (Wall Street Jour nal, 6/30/11) over seas. (Tax Policy Center, 9/8/12) On edu ca t ion . . . On edu ca tion . . . PRESIDENT OBAMA supports the Amer i can Jobs MITT ROMNEY supports for-profit edu ca tion and urges stu- Act, which contains $30 billion in funding for public dents to “get as much edu ca tion as they can afford.” He wants edu ca tion, includ ing $1 bil lion for Ohio. With his Ed- to rein in the edu ca tion uni ons and would gut the U.S. Depart - uca tion Jobs Fund, Ohio received $361 million for ment of Edu ca t ion. He would make coll ege more expen s ive public schools, savi ng more than 1,100 jobs. The by ending tax credits, and he wants coll ege students to just presi dent’s student loan reform and tax credits have “borrow money from their pare nts” to further their edu ca tion. made coll ege more afford able for millions of middl e (Campaign speech, 6/27/12, Fox News, 1/24/08, Wall Street class fam i lies. (Whitehouse.gov) Journal, 4/15/12, Speech at Otterbein Univ ersity) On Health Care and Medicare . . . On Health Care and Medicare . . . Un der PRESIDENT OBAMA'S health care plan, millions more MITT ROMNEY would scrap all health care re - Amer i cans have health in sur ance. And in sur ance com pa nies can - form. He has said that people with pre-exist ing not deny cover age for those with pre-exist ing condi tions, which con di tions who did n’t al ready have health in - means between 50 and 129 million Ameri cans have access to surance should n’t get any spe cial treat ment. health care. Under the presi dent’s plan, more than 47 million The Romney/Ryan Medicare plan would turn Medicare bene fi c iar ies now have access to free health ser- Medicare into a voucher sys tem and would vices—inc luding an annual wellness visit, mammo grams, and cost seniors up to $6,400 per year. Se niors other health screenings—to help detect and treat medi cal condi - turning 65 in 2023 would see their health care tions early. And nearly 3.6 million seniors who fell into the Medicare costs in crease by $59,500 dur ing re tirement. “doughnut hole” last year saved an aver age of $604 on prescrip tion The plan would mean as much as $16 to $26 drugs. The doughnut hole will disap pear completely by 2023 unde r bil lion in new prof its for in surance com pa nies. the presi dent’s plan. (ABCNews.com, Whitehouse.gov) (ABCNews.com, Whitehouse.gov)

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Fall, 2012 Page 5 Saunders, Reyes Elected to Lead AFSCME OAPSE Support Key to Victory for New Leader ship Team APSE’s ex ec u tive board proudly treatment of public workers. Our unio n every county to or ga nize new worker s and strongly backed Lee Saunders does not work for any polit i cal party.” from every sect or,” Reyes said. “Our Ofor AFSCME In ter na tional pres i dent “We work for jus tice and fairness in reason for or ga nizi ng is not just to col- and Laura Reyes for secre tary- treas urer. the workplace. If someone takes us on, it lect more dues, or boast higher numbers. And in Los Angeles at the AFSCME does not matter whether they are a Dem - Our reason for or ga nizing is our reaso n Con ven tion, Ex ec u tive Di rec tor Joe o crat or a Re pub li can, con ser va tive or for bei ng: to give ev ery worker a fair Rugola cast all OAPSE votes for that liberal. We are taking you on and we will shot in a world where the decks are lead er ship team. take you out.” stacked against us.” Saunders and Reyes won over- Reyes also stressed the im portance whelm ing vic to ries at the of fighting for fair cont racts, which will con ven tion, which fea tured de bates have ever ything on the table, includ ing be tween the can di dates and vig or ous “pay, pen sions, non-dis crim i na tion dis cus sion among del e gates about language, health care, workplac e who would best serve the union as its safety – you name it. We will be fight- top offi cers. Saunders won by more ing for strong, meaning ful language than 100,000 votes, while Reyes’ that protects our mem bers and ad- vict ory margin was almo st 60,000 vances their eco nomic sit u a tion. We votes. Rugola was unani m ously se- will give up nothing for working fami - lected by OAPSE dele g ates to lies. AFSCME is on a single path an other term as an Inter na tional Vice toward fairness for all,” Reyes said. Presi dent of the national uni on. “We must bring as many as possi bl e Rugola noted that Saunders is from along for the jour ney. That won’t al- Ohio and got his start with AFSCME ways be easy. But I know, with Pres. as a state em ployee in 1975. “We have Lee Saunders as our brother and our been good friends for 25 years. There leader, we will keep moving for ward is no question that Lee will make an out- The stakes are too high to do anything to gether.” standi ng presi dent of our uni on. We need else, Saunders said, adding “This is a de- Saunders stressed that “both Laura his vision, energy, com mitment and pas- fini ng moment, not only for our na tion and I are commit ted to our members and sion duri ng the tough times ahead for our but also for our union. What we do will cherish this union. We know that Wall mem bers," Rugola said. “And he has an de ter mine whether col lec tive bar gain ing Street and its al lies are engaged in an outstand i ng partner in Laura. I look for- survives, whether members’ lives get all-out as sault against our members and ward to worki ng with them to move the better, whether retire ment secu rity is re- the services we provide. They know that un ion for ward.” stored, whether public services are AFSCME stands in the way of their ef- In his first address as presi dent of strengthened and whether the Ameri ca n forts to de stroy the mid dle class. We are AFSCME, Lee Saunders got right down dream is renewed.” united in our com mitment to stand up for to im portant business for AFSCME Sec.-Treas. Laura Reyes, forme r the men and women who care for Amer- mem bers. “We must work our hearts presi dent of UDW Homecare Provid er s ica’s children, nurse the sick, plow our out to re-elect Presi dent Obama,” he Uni on/AFSCME Lo cal 3930, focuse d streets, collect the household trash and said, to meet the tough challenges facin g on buildi ng a stronger uni on and orga - pro tect our com mu ni ties. Our mem bers labor and worki ng fam ilies. He pledged nizi ng new members , in cluding those in are a cross-section of America, not some a new day and a new way of thinkin g non-tra di tional jobs. elite group like our oppo nents try to about poli tics for our uni on as “we hold “We will dig deep into every state, ev- claim. And we are ready for the bat tle all pol i ti cians ac count able for their ery city, every school, every library, ahead.”

section of the website on Decem ber 1, New Chair of State Scholarship Committee Named 2012. Com pleted ap pli ca tions, in clud ing long-time member of the State the North Central Dis trict is Bill Hurlow. all sup port ing doc u men ta tion, will be ac- Schol ar ship Committee, Steph a nie He is a member of Local 370 at Galion cepted from Janu ary 1 to March 1, 2013. AWiley was named to the top post by City Schools, where he has worked since The schol ar ship com mit tee will se lect OAPSE State Pres i dent JoAnn 1974. Hurlow repre sents the North Cen- re cip i ents by April 1. Johntony. She will serve as the Chair of tral Dis trict on the OAPSE/AFSCME If you need ad di tional in for ma tion or the State Schol ar ship Com mit tee and State Ex ec u tive Board. want a schol ar ship ap pli ca tion mailed to will also serve as the presi dent of the Wiley said the com mittee will again you, please contact Pam Duncan at the OAPSE/AFSCME Me mo rial Schol ar - award a mini mu m of 10 $2,500 scholar - OAPSE State Office at 1(800)786-2773 ship Founda tion, Inc. Wiley, a bus driver ships to give finan cial assis tance to or send a request with your name and lo- for Co lum bus City Schools and membe r de serv ing stu dents. El i gi bil ity re quire- cal num ber to Pam’s atten tion at of Local 336, rep laces Mary Beth ments will be posted on the OAPSE OAPSE/AFSCME Me mo rial Schol ar - Thomp son, who retired in June. website at www.oapse.org. Ap pli ca tions ship Com mittee, 6805 Oak Creek Drive, Join ing the com mit tee to rep re sent will be available on the Members Only Colu m bus, Ohio 43229-1591.

Page 6 OAPSE News Scholarships of $2,500 Each Awarded to Thirteen Seniors

Marvin O' Daniel Miranda Fa bian Jessica Machovina Ab i gail Beale Benjamin Gozur Casey Brown Marvin is the son of Miranda was awarded Jessica was awarded Abi gail is the daugh ter Benjamin received the Casey was awarded the Marvin O'Daniel, Co lum - the Nancy Sanders Me - the Bill Hig gins Trib ute of Brenda Beale, Mount Nick Johntony Me morial Pete Chris t op her Mem or ial bus City Schools Bus mor ial SSchola rs hip. he Scholar s hip. She is the Vernon City Schools, Scholar ship. He is the son Schol arship. She is the Driv ers, Loc al 336. He is the daugh ter of Laura daughter of Laura Local 470. She will be of Mars ha Gozur, Camp - daughter of Waneta Brown, plans to at tend Malone Fab ian, LCoui sv ille ity Machovina, St. Clairsville at tend ing Ohio Uni ver - bell City Schools, Lo cal Hud son City Schools, Local Univer sity and will majo r Schools, Loc al 456. She Richland City Schools, sity where she plans to 141. He plans to at tend 372. She will aNt t end orth - in Sports Medi cine and will at tend Otterbein Uni - Local 549. She will at tend ma jor in Law. Youngstown State Uni ver- wood Uni versity to ma jor in Sports Mana gem ent. versity where she plans The Ohio State Univer sity sity where he will ma jor in Fashi on Maark eti ng nd to major in Nurs ing. to major in Aviation. A.eron au t ic al Eng in eeri ng Mana gem ent.

Jericha Martin Joshua Haller Sami Ally Alexander Poetker Ste phen McGhee Kevins Lykins Jericha is the daugh ter Joshua has been Sami re ceived the Alex was awarded the Ste phen is the son of Kevin is the son of Evan of Steph a nie Mar tin, awarded the Ger ald W. Hoberta Roach Me mo - Lianne Vernell Memo rial Kathleen McGhee, Lykins, Syc a more Fremont City Schools, McEntee Tribu te Schol- rial Schol ar ship. She is Schol arship. He is the Prince ton City Schools, CSomm un ity chools, Local 321. She will be arship. He is the son of the daugh ter of Jo Ally, son of Robin Poetker, Lo cal 174. He plans to Lo cal 243. He plans to at tend ing Tiffin Uni ver - James Haller, Lima City Marietta City Schools, City of Jackson, Lo cal at t end Mia mi Univ ers ity at t end NKorthe rn en - sity where she plans to Schools Custodians, Lo- Lo cal 001. She will be 410. He will at tend Ohio of Ox ford where he will tucky Uni ver sity and maj or in Crimi n al Jus- cal 137. He will at tend at tend ing Marietta Col - Uni ver sity to ma jor in In - be ma jor ing in Busi - will be pur su ing a ma jor tice. The Ohio State Univer sity lege and plans to ma jor dus trial and Sys tems ness. in Physics. to major in Nurs ing. in Art. En gi neer ing. OAPSE Member’s Daughter Wins AFSCME Schol ar ship licia Donahue, daughter of Barbara Donahue, rible ordeal. All of them stuck with my family, not who is a member of Local 504 at Wolf Creek only during the six months during which my fa ther LoAcal Schools, is a recip i ent of the 2012 AFSCME battled cancer, but after he passed away,” Alicia Fam ily Scholar ship. Alicia is one of 10 nationa l wrote. winners and will receive $2,000 this year. The She noted that her scholar ship is renew able for four years. fam ily’s strong belie f The Waterford High School senior’s essa y de - in unions extended to Elias Davidson tailed her fam ily’s long tradi tion of public ser vice the fight to stop Sen- and union member ship. Both par ents and two ate Bill 5 by defeat ing Elias is the son of Ra- grandpar ents worked as pub lic em ployees, and her Issue 2 last year. chel Davidson, Tri mother is in her 15th year of serv ice as a handi - Alicia will be the County North Lo cal capped aide at Wolf Creek. first in her fam ily to Schools, Lo cal 356. He Alicia’s family is es pecially grateful for the sup - at tend col lege and will be at tending The port of her par ents’ uni on brothers and sisters durin g plans to pursue a ca- Ohio State Uni ver sity her father’s illness and death from brain can cer last reer that will allo w Ag ri cul ture Tech ni cal In - year. “These uni on members know what it is like for her to help the dis- sti tute and plans to worki ng class peop le to strug gle through such a ter- abled. be come a vet er i nar ian.

Fall, 2012 Page 7 PEOPLE Com mit tee Pension Changes Signed Saunders, Reyes to Lead 2012 OAPSE Memo rial Kicks Off Lead ershi p by Governor AFSCME SAchola rs hips warded Campaign - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 6 - Page 7 OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4/AFL-CIO Nonp rofit Org. 6805 OAK CREEK DRIVE U.S. Postag e COLUMBUS, OH 43229-1591 PAID Westerville, Ohio Ad dress Serv ice Re quested Per mit No. 381

mat ion will be inc luded in the offi c ial ballot enve lop e State Offi cers Election Deadlines and in the next issue of the OAPSE News. he OAPSE State Nom i nat ing Com mit tee a Decla ra tion of Candi dacy form to run or be Candi dates are permit ted to have an ob- Tan nounces that Dec la ra tion of Can di dacy nomi nated for more than one State Of fice. The server present at the prepa ra tion and mailing of forms or nomi na tions are now being accepte d Nomi n ating Commit tee will meet on or about the ballots, their receipt by the State Nomi nat ing for the follow ing State Offices: State Presi dent , Janu ary 22, 2013, to estab lish a slate of candi - Commit tee which will be doing the counting of State Vice Presi dent, or State Secre tary. Sec- dates and a ballot which shall be used for the the ballots, and at the opening and counting of tion 13.05 of the OAPSE State Consti tu tion election of State Offi cers. the ballots. Payment of elect ion obs ervers is the pro vides: “Any active member in good stand ing The next scheduled issue of the OAPSE re spon si bil ity of the can di date. having been an active member for a mini mu m News will include a picture and a short state- The can di date re ceiv ing the great est num- of two (2) consec u tive years at the time of de- ment of 50 words or less from each candi dat e ber of votes for a partic u lar office shall be claring candi d acy shall be el igi ble to run for the seeking office, if provided by the candi date, and declared the winner. A major ity of the votes cast po si tion of State Of fi cer.” Any in ter ested mem- a short biog ra phy of each candi date. On or for any office shall not be required to elect. In the bers who are quali fied to run for State Office about March 1, 2013, secret ballots will be event of a tie for the greatest number of votes for may ob tain a Dec la ra tion of Can di dacy form mailed to members in good standing at their last a par tic u lar of fice, the can di date hav ing the from the OAPSE State Office, 6805 Oak Creek known home address. To assure sec recy, a great est con tin u ous pe riod of mem ber ship at Drive, Colum b us, Ohio 43229, or double enve lope system shall be used. The the time of the elect ion shall be declared the (800)786-2773. Any member in good standing voted ballot shall be placed inside a blank enve - winner. If the tie is not broken in that manner, a may nomi nate any el igi ble member for a par tic- lope. The nec es sary voter iden ti fi ca tion shall flip of a coin shall deter mine the winner. ular State Office. appear only on the outer return enve lope. The If there is only one candi date for an off ice, that Dec la ra tion of Can di dacy forms or nom i na- memb ers in good standing who return ballot s indi vid ual may be declared elected without the tions for any State Office must be submit ted to shall be required to place on the outer return need to incur the expense of a sec ret ballot mail the OAPSE State Nomi nat ing Commit tee at the envelope their name, add ress and Local number. election. The res ults of the election shall be an- OAPSE State Office, 6805 Oak Creek Drive, The OAPSE State Exec u tive Board will est ab- nounced before or at the Annual Dele gat e Co lum bus, Ohio 43229, no later that 4:30 p.m. lish the date by which voted ballots must be Confer ence so that the elected offi cers can be in- on Janu ary 15, 2013. A candi date may not send postmarked and rec eived (elect ion date). That infor - stalled at the Annual Dele gate Confer ence.”

OAPSE News (Co lum bus & Cen tral Re gion) Jos eph P. Rugola Of fi cial Pub li ca tion of the Ohio As so ci a tion 6805 Oak Creek Drive, Colum bus, OH 43229-1591 of Public School Employee s (614)890-4770 / (800)78-OAPSE / (800)786-2773 STATE OFFICERS OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4/AFL-CIO OAPSE/AFSCME FIELD OFFICES State Presi dent, JoAnn Johntony State Vice Presi dent, Davida Russell MANAGING EDITOR: Athens Field Of fice (Southe ast Reg ion) State Sec re tary, San dra Wheeler Jo seph P. Rugola, Ex ec u tive Direc tor 114 North Plains Road, The Plains, OH 45780 (740)797-3090 / (888)594-3221 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Kathy Malone Cleve land/Can ton Field Of fice (North east & East Central Regions) Central Dist rict, Betty Simmons-Talley 3380 Brecksville Road, Suite 101, Richfiel d, OH 44286 East Central Distr ict, Rosella Tope CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: (330)659-7335 / (855)607-6554 Veda Rugola East ern Dis trict, Da vid Ham il ton Randy Weston Dayton Field Office (eSouthw st Reg ion) North Central Dist rict, Wil liam Hurlow IUE-CWA Local 755 Hall Rob Fantauzzo North east Dis trict, Syl via Holmes 1675 Woodman Drive, Dayton, OH 45432 Northwest Dis trict, Brenda Wil son-Wright Pam Duncan (937)7253-5100 / (800)730-3623 Alix Mar low Northw est Central Distr ict, James Haller Toledo Field Office (North)w est Reg ion Southeast Distr ict, Barbara Ward Post master send address changes to: 1910 Indian Wood Circle, Suite 201, Maumee, OH 43537 Southwest Dis trict, Mary Blevins OAPSE News, 6805 Oak Creek Drive, (419)887-5758 / (800)265-1810 Western Distr ict, Ken Nance Co lum bus, Ohio 43229-1591 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OAPSE/AFSCME STATE OFFICE

Page 8 OAPSE News Remember these "worker-friendly" candidates when you cast your ballot!

Early VOTING starts on October 2nd! If you don't vote early and you need to verify your polling location, find your County Board of Elections or get answers to many other questions, go to www.sos.state.oh.us and click on "Voter Services". OAPSE/AFSCME 2012 Recom mended Candi dates

U.S. SENATE Sherrod Brown

OHIO SUPREME COURT Yvette McGee Brown (Term ends 12/31/14) Michael Skindell (Term begins 01/01/13) William O'Neill (Term begins 01/02/13)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY DISTRICT 1st - No Recommendation 7th - Joyce Healy-Abrams 13th - Tim Ryan 2nd - No Recommendation 8th - No Recommendation 14th - No Recommendation 3rd - Joyce Beatty 9th - Marcy Kaptur 15th - Pat Lang 4th - Jim Slone 10th - Sharen Swartz Neuhardt 16th - Betty Sutton 5th - Angela Zimmann 11th - Marcia Fudge 6th - Charlie Wilson 12th - James B. Reese

STATE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES

District 1 (Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Crawford, Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Logan, Marion, Mercer, Morrow, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Union, Van Wert, Williams and Wyandot Counties: as well as parts of Darke and Fulton Counties) ...... Ann Jacobs District 5 (Ashland, Medina, Richland and Wayne Counties and parts of Cuyahoga, Holmes, Lake, Stark and Summit Counties) ...... Richard Javorek District 6 (Delaware and Knox Counties and part of Franklin County)...... Michael Collins District 7 (Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage and Trumbull Counties; as well as parts of Lake, Stark and Summit Counties) ...... James Collum District 9 (Coshocton, Fairfield, Guernsey, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry, and Tuscarawas Counties; as well as parts of Franklin, Holmes and Pickaway Counties) . . Stephanie Dodd District 10 (Adams, Brown, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Gallia, Greene, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Pike, Ross and Scioto; as well as parts of Pickaway and Vinton Counties) ...... Todd Brook District 11 (Parts of Cuyahoga County, including Cleveland) ...... Mary Rose Oakar OHIO SENATE BY DISTRICT 2nd -Randy Gardner 14th - No Recommendation 26th - Tanyce Addison 4th - No Recommendation 16th - Jim Hughes 28th - Thomas C. Sawyer 6th - Rick McKiddy 18th -Jim Mueller 30th - Lou Gentile 8th - No Recommendation 20th - Teresa Scarmack 32nd -Capri S. Cafaro 10th - Jeff Robertson 22nd - James Riley 12th - No Recommendation 24th - Tom Patton

OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY DISTRICT 1st -John Maglio 34th -Vernon Sykes 67th -David Hogan 2nd -Ellen Haring 35th - Zack Milkovich 68th - No Recommendation 3rd -Kelly Wicks 36th -Paul Colavecchio 69th - Judith Cross 4th -Robert "Bo" Huenke 37th - Tom Schmida 70th - No Recommendation 5th -Nick Barborek 38th - Michael Kaplan 71st -Brady Jones 6th -Anthony Fossaceca 39th -Fred Strahorn 72nd -David Dilly 7th -Matt Patten 40th -Carl Fisher 73rd -Bill Conner 8th -Armond D. Budish 41st -Caroline Gentry 74th - No Recommendation 9th -Barbara Boyd 42nd -Aaron Buczkowski 75th -Kathleen Clyde 10th -Bill Patmon 43rd -Roland Winburn 76th - Tom Warren 11th -Sandra Williams 44th - Michael Ashford 77th -Kelly Bryant 12th -John Barnes, Jr. 45th -Teresa Fedor 78th - Jeremy VanMeter 13th -Nickie Antonio 46th - Matt Szollosi 79th - No Recommendation 14th - Mike Foley 47th -Jeff Bunck 80th -Dave Fisher 15th -Nicholas Celebrezze 48th -Amanda Trump 81st - John Vanover 16th -Andrew Meyer 49th -Stephen Slesnick 82nd - No Recommendation 17th - No Recommendation 50th -Sue Ryan 83rd - John Kostyo 18th - Michael Stinziano 51st -Mark Hardig 84th -Ronald Hammons 19th -Ryan Jolley 52nd - No Recommendation 85th - No Recommendation 20th -Heather Bishoff 53rd -Suzi Rubin 86th -Cheryl Johncox 21st -Donna O'Connor 54th - No Recommendation 87th - Jeff Lehart 22nd -John Carney 55th - Matt Lundy 88th -Bill Young 23rd - Traci Johnson 56th -Dan Ramos 89th -Chris Redfern 24th - Maureen Reedy 57th - Matthew Lark 90th - John Haas 25th -Kevin Boyce 58th -Robert Hagan 91st - No Recommendation 26th - Tracy Heard 59th -Ronald Gerberry 92nd -Robert Armstrong 27th - No Recommendation 60th -John Rogers 93rd - Josh Bailey 28th -Connie Pillich 61st -Susan McGuinness 94th -Debbie Phillips 29th -Hubert Brown 62nd - Mike Kassalen 95th -Charlie Daniels 30th -Steven Newsome 63rd -Sean O'Brien 96th - Jack Cera 31st -Denise Driehaus 64th -Tom Letson 97th -Frank Fleischer 32nd -Dale Mallory 65th - Steve Myers 98th - Josh O'Farrell 33rd -Alicia Reece 66th -Ken McNeely 99th - John Patterson

OHIO COURT OF APPEALS BY DISTRICT 1st - Martha Good (Term begins 2/9/13) 8th - Frank Celebrezze (Term begins 1/1/13) -Bruce Whitman (Term begins 2/11/13) - Tim McCormack(Term begins 1/2/13) 2nd - No Recommendation - Eileen T. Gallagher (Term begins 1/3/13) 3rd - No Recommendation - Mary Boyle (Term begins 2/9/13) 4th - Marie Hoover (Term begins 2/9/13) 9th - Clair E. Dickinson (Term begins 2/9/13) 5th - John Wise (Term begins 2/9/13) 10th - Gary Tyack (Term begins 2/9/13) - Scott Gwin (Term begins 2/10/13) -Peggy Bryant (Term begins 2/10/13) - Patricia Delaney (Term begins 2/11/13) 11th - Mary Jane Trapp (Term begins 2/9/13) 6th - No Recommendation 12th - No Recommendation 7th - Mary DeGenaro (Term begins 2/9/13)