OAPSEOfficial Publication of the Association of Public School EmployeesNews, OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4/AFL-CIO Vol. 69, No. 1 Fall, 2010 Voter Anger is Well Deserved . . . So is a Vote for Governor Strickland Blame for Failed Poli cies Rests with Bush, Kasich, Portman & Friends ecent polls from Gal lup and others a manag ing direc tor and in the top 3 Rin di cate that vot ers are irate and per cent of emplo y ees when the com- plan to take out their anger on incum - pany failed af ter risky real-es tate bent poli ti cia ns. I don’t need a pollste r moves and too much debt, which it to tell me about voter anger – I have moved off its books to try and fool in- seen it across Ohio as I travel the state to vestors. Kasich won’t disclos e most of meet with OAPSE mem bers and those his earnings at Lehman, but we know from other unions. And I don’t blame that in just one year – the year Lehman work ers and mid dle class fami lies for went bust – he was paid alm ost be ing en raged. With un em ploy ment in $600,000, most of it a bonus. The fact dou ble dig its, hous ing foreclo sures at is that while Ohioans were working an all-time high, a state bud get in crisis, hard to take care of our fam i lies, and many of us facing finan cia l and re - Kasich was on Wall Street tak ing care tireme nt in secu rity, it is no won der that of him self, raking in big bucks work - Ohio vot ers are ir ritated. I just want us ing for the firm that triggere d the to di rect our an ger where it be longs – collaps e of our econom y. at the people who got us into this And now he wants to be in charge of mess, not Gov er nor Strick land and Ohio. other friends of our union who are try - Contras t his be havior and track re- ing to turn Ohio around. cord with that of our gover nor. When Photo Credit: Ja son Perlman, Ohio AFL-CIO There can be no doubt that the failed took of fice in 2007, he OAPSE Ex ec u tive Di rec tor and Presi dent of the pol i cies of Re pub li cans George Bush, had to face the conse quence s of 16 Ohio AFL-CIO Joe Rugola deliv ers a com mon and have years of bad state man age ment un der sense view of Ohio's future in his ad dress to the had di sas trous con se quences for our one-party Re pub li can rule. Cou ple that State Fed er a tion's 27th Bi en nial Con ven tion nation, and partic u larl y for Ohio. Their with the ef fects of the nation al eco - trade poli cie s alone cost Ohio 141,000 nomic devas ta tion, and he had his After years of downsiz ing and lay offs jobs in the last de cade and dev as tated work cut out for him. that ravaged our com muni ties , the GM our econom y – not to mention the lives Our gover nor re sponded with pro- Lordstown plant added extra shifts to of those whose jobs were shipped to grams and pol icie s to strengthen Ohio. accom modate a high de mand for its China. Of course, the loss of good He has governe d with a steady and en ergy-ef fi cient Co balt. And just man u fac tur ing jobs im pacted our pub - com passion ate hand and kept working weeks ago, the first Chevy Cruze lic budgets and threatened our jobs and fam ilies at the top of his agenda. When rolled off the assem bly line at our pensions . the na tional eco nomic re cov ery takes Lordstown af ter a $350 million invest - While we are on the subjec t of pen- hold, Ohio will be well posi tioned for ment in the plant by GM. These cars sions, it should be noted that on job growth becaus e of Ted Strick - are being built by union mem bers who Kasich’s watch as a man ag ing di rec tor land’s relent les s focus on new energy had been laid off, but were called back for Lehman Brothers , Ohio public pen - jobs and the re vital iza tion of our to work with the plant expan sion. In sions lost $480 million when his firm industrial base. just that area of the state alone, more went bust. While Kasich wants to deny In fact, we are al ready see ing signs jobs are be ing added, includ ing 150 a signif i cant role with Lehman, he was that his plans are working for Ohioans. Contin ued on Page 2

Fall, 2010 Contin ued from Page 1 want to have a union by issu ing exec u - in teg rity, honor, com pas sion and com- posi tions at U.S. Endos copy, and more tive or ders to enable home health care mitme nt to Ohio’s mid dle class and at Exal Corp., which is planning a and child care workers to have a say on work ing fami lies. He has a re cord to $400 million expan sion to make state the job. He has supported our brothers back that up. of the art aluminum bottles. and sisters in the building trades John Kasich’s record speaks for it - How can Kasich ar gue that Ted through enforce ment of Ohio’s pre- self. He is an invest ment banker who Strick land has fos tered a neg ative cli - vailing wage laws. And he is standing helped steer Lehman Brothers into mate for busi ness when all of this with firefighters as they work for ex- bankruptcy and trigger our reces sion, activ ity – and more, includ ing full capac - panded collec tive bargaining rights. while making a for tune in salary and ity tire manu fac turing in Findlay – has Gover nor Strickland has held the bonuses . In his own words, he favors earned our state the num ber one ranking line on col lege costs, freezing tu ition free trade and outsourcing of manu fac - in job growth in the nation? OAPSE for two years and capping any future tur ing jobs. He ad vo cates pri vat iz ing mem bers know better than anyone that hikes at 3 per cent. As a re sult, more every public sector job. And he wants growth in private sec tor jobs means an than 65,000 Ohioans attend univer si - to destroy unions be cause we “threaten incre ase in tax reve nues and stronger ties today than when he took office . our American val ues.” state and local govern m ents. And more than 140,000 workers have Sisters and brothers, your anger Even with a budget hole of $3.2 bil- recei ved job training to help get them is justi fied. Make sure you direct it lion, Gover nor Strickland kept his through this tough econom ic time. at those who let us down. com mitm ent to fully fund Ohio’s pub- On the other hand, John Kasich It’s a clear choice for gov er nor. lic edu ca tional system and put the wants to turn the student loans pro- State Presi dent JoAnn Johntony and needs of our children first. The crush- grams over to Wall Street. He fa vors the OAPSE State Officers and ing weight of the national econom y char ter schools over public schools. He Executive Board have endorse d Ted means a longer timeline to com pletion. wants to outsource private sec tor jobs Strickland be cause he is a proven But when fully phased in, the gover - and privat ize public sector jobs. And friend who supports the work OAPSE nor’s plan ensure s that Ohio’s schools he wants to elim inate the state income mem bers do. We feel strongly that he are funded in ac cor dance with the state tax, which accounts for 47 percent of deser ves our endorse ment and your consti tu tion and that every child in Ohio’s budget. So, for every 100 em - vote. For more on the differ ence s be- Ohio is guaran tee d the same qual ity ploy ees where you work, 47 would be tween the can di dates, see page 3 . You public edu ca tion. He has made Ohio’s gone after budget cuts. can also read about our other endorse d schools his top prior ity, and now our For OAPSE mem bers – for all Ohio candi date s and why we support them. schools rank first in the Midwest and workers – there shouldn’t even be a You can vote now. When you do, fifth in the nation. question of who to support for Gover - vote for Ted Strickland. Vote for a He has stood with em ploy ees who nor. Ted Strickland is a man of better future for Ohio. ” Kasich Wants to Gut Gover nor How to Find Strick land’s Ed u ca tion Plan Your Elected f elected to the state’s top of fice, lev ies to pay for IRepub li can John Kasich is threat- schools,” said Rep re sen ta tives en ing to dis man tle Gov er nor Strick - Randy Weston, f you don’t know in which Con- land’s new school-funding model, OAPSE Di rec tor of Igres sional dis trict you live or can’t which is a consti tu tional, fair way to Po lit i cal Ac tion and re mem ber your state leg is la tive dis - pay for public edu ca tion and requires Leg is la tive Af fairs. tricts, now you can look it up. Just go fewer lo cal lev ies. Ac cord ing to to the website: www.votesmart.org Kasich re fuses to provide de tails of most news pa pers Enter your zip code, and find your how he would fund edu ca tion, but has throughout the state, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Repre sen - said he fa vors charter schools and Kasich’s plan could force local school tatives , Ohio Senate and Ohio House vouchers over public schools. distric ts to put frequent levies on the of Rep re sen ta tive in for ma tion. “This is just so typ ical of Kasich. bal lot. Once you know the cor rect dis- Put a sound bite out there that trashes “OAPSE mem bers know from ex- tricts, check out our endorse ment the gov ernor but provide s no detail on peri ence how hard it is to pass local pages to see who your union rec om - what exactly you would do differ ently. lev ies. And the courts have ruled that mends! Then be sure and cast your I don’t think Kasich has a clue that the this system of re lying on local tax pay- ballot early ei - gover nor’s program — passed by the ers is un con sti tu tional. Kasich might ther by mail or General Assem bly — is the only plan under stand how to campaign, but he at your local out there that has any hope of actu ally clearly doesn’t under stand how to board of elec - reduc ing the need for propert y-tax gov ern,” Weston said. ” tions. ”

Page 2 OAPSE News Strick land vs. Kasich Where THEY stand on these issues should matter to YOU, YOUR FAMILY and YOUR CO-WORKERS! Ted Strickland John Kasich Gov er nor of Ohio Can di date for Gov er nor Ed u ca tion Sup ports pub lic ed u ca tion; pro posed elim i nat ing Supports char ter schools and vouchers. vouch ers and a halt to more char ter schools; Has pledged to elim inate Gov er nor Strick land’s Passed a plan that is a con sti tu tional and fair way ed u ca tion plan. to pay for pub lic ed uca tion and re quires fewer lo cal lev ies. Pub lic Ser vice Supports pub lic em ploy ees and the work we do. Fa vors pri vat iza tion, say ing, “We don’t want pub lic Will not privatize public sector jobs. em ploy ees” and “If it’s in the yel low pages, outsource it.” Your Right to Join a Union Sup ports col lec tive bar gain ing for pub lic em ploy ees and, Has vowed to "break the back of Organized Labor" as governor, ex panded col lec tive bar gain ing rights. because un ions ”threaten our Amer ican val ues.” Fair Wages and Ben efits for All Work ers Supports Ohio’s pre vail ing wage and Wants to re peal the pre vail ing wage and voted min i mum wage laws. against in creas ing the min i mum wage. Unfair Trade Agreements that Cost Jobs and Gut Public Budgets Voted against NAFTA and against free trade Voted for NAFTA and free trade with China, cost ing with China that cost Ohio jobs. Ohio tens of thou sands of jobs. Opposed tax credits for companies Supported a loop hole so bil lionaires could dodge that outsource jobs. pay ing taxes by re nounc ing their U.S. Cit izen ship.

2nd Amendment Rights Supports the 2nd Amendment and has earned an Earned an "F" Rating from the NRA because of endorsement and "A" Rating from the NRA and anti-gun votes while he was in Congress. an endorsement from Buckeye Firearms.

Fall, 2010 Page 3 Gover nor Strickland: Our Way of Life is at Stake ov er nor Ted Strick land ad- These trade pol i cies have re sulted in the Gdressed an en thu si as tic and sup- loss of more than 141,000 jobs in Ohio portive crowd at the Ohio AFL-CIO and devas tate d our econom y. Kasich 27th Bi en nial Con ven tion in Sep tem - also would pri vat ize So cial Se cu rity, ber and urged them to ener gize their raid our public pensions , cut Medicare cowork ers , friends and fam ily. for the elderly and Medicaid for ill chil- “In this election, our way of life is at dren and the poor. stake,” Strickland told the 600 dele - “This is a tough race be cause people gates and guests. He acknowl edged are hurting. But I think you know I have that Ohioans are frustrat ed by the fought – and will always fight – for econ omy, un em ploy ment and a deep work ing fami lies and the things that di vi sion be tween po lit i cal par ties. “I matter to you. Decent jobs and health know people are angry. But I think care and public edu ca tion and afford - some times they for got how we got into able col lege tu i tion, and en ergy pol i cies this mess in the first place.” that make sense and create long-term Strickland said his goal has al ways employ ment . I hope I have your support been to make sure working people had a and that you will be with me. You know, fair shake and oppor tu ni ties to prosper. some people say I am a nice guy – His oppo nent, how ever, has not been on maybe too nice a guy – and I try to be. the side of workers “even though his fa- But some things are worth fighting for. I Photo Credit: Allen Zak Photog raphy ther was a mail car rier. He has will fight for the mid dle class and for Gov er nor Ted Strick land forgot ten where he came from,” the you. And I hope you will stand with me gover nor said, citing Kasich’s votes for in this fight,” Strick land said. of union mem bers voting early by ab - NAFTA and free trade with China. The gov er nor noted the im por tance sen tee bal lot. (See Page 10.) ” McGee Brown Shares Our Priorities fami lies, McGee Brown has served as will stand with Ohio workers when we a judge on the Dom estic Rela tions and are targete d by those who want to pri- Juve nile Court and the Franklin vatize us or find other excuse s to get County Court of Com mon Pleas. She rid of us – includ ing John Kasich and is the founding pres ident and form er , who are running against head of the Center for Child and Fam - the Strick land/McGee Brown team. ily Ad vo cacy at Na tion wide In an nounc ing the se lec tion, Gov- Children’s Hospi tal. The Center is a er nor Strick land said, “Yvette is child abuse and fam ily vio lenc e pro- some one whose life is marked by the gram focuse d on helping chil dren and great oppor tu ni ties she found here in fam i lies heal. Ohio and by the even greater servic e Be cause OAPSE mem bers work she chose to give back to this state and with children and fam ilies every day, its peo ple. I asked Yvette to be my run - we ap pre ci ate the im por tance of mak- ning mate because I know she will ing sure that children are healthy work her heart out on be half of Ohio’s inside and out, and are glad to share work ing peo ple.” Yvette McGee Brown that pri or ity with Yvette. We share “That kind of com mitment to work - Can di date for many other prior i ties as well – such as ing fam ilies is ex actly what we need at Lieu ten ant-Gov er nor of Ohio qual ity pub lic ed u ca tion and pub lic the highest level of state gov ernment ,” hen Gov er nor Strick land went ser vices like li brar ies, early child hood said OAPSE Ex ec u tive Di rec tor Joe Wlooking for a running mate to ed u ca tion pro grams, com mu nity and Rugola. “Ted Strickland made a good serve as his partner in of fice for the tech ni cal col leges and de part ments of choice in Yvette McGee Brown. She next four years, he set the bar high. dis abili ties that are fully funded so has spent her personal and profes - Af ter all, he had the able ser vices of they can help the most vulner a ble sional life fighting for children and Lee Fisher as Lt.-Gover nor during his peo ple in our com mu ni ties. fam ilies. Yvette is bright, en ergetic, first term. And while it was a chal- Yvette has pledged to help Gover - and com mitted to mak ing life better for lenge, the gover nor found the perfec t nor Strickland put Ohioans back to all of us. We whole heart edly support can di date in Yvette McGee Brown. work so we can strengthen our state her candi dacy as Ted’s running A strong advo cat e for children and and our local com muni ties . And she mate.” ”

Page 4 OAPSE News A Friend Who Will Fight for Us in Wash ington

hen Lee for him. He is running to repre sent us they were get ting a fair shake at work. WFisher in Washing ton. He is running to help As Lieu ten ant-Gov er nor, Lee Fisher won this year’s fur ther a Con gres sio nal agenda that has worked to ensure that the jobs cre - pri mary for a ben efits all workers and their fam ilies. ated in the State of Ohio pay a liv ing seat in the U.S. For years as a state leg is la tor, Lee wage, and has im plem ented poli cie s Sen ate, OAPSE Fisher took the posi tion that public that support the efforts of orga nize d la- mem bers knew workers should have the same right to a bor. we had the op- union as every other worker in Ohio. He He strongly sup ported ex ec u tive or- Lee Fisher por tu nity to stood with OAPSE through all the votes ders, issued by Gover nor Strickland, Ohio Lt.-Gov er nor and send a true – and a veto from the gover nor – until fi - allow ing home health care workers friend to Washing ton. We have come nally we won our battle in 1983. His and child care workers to join a union. to count on Lee as a cham pion of not courage to vote his consci ence and his And when he is elected a United States just OAPSE mem bers but all middle re fusal to see jus tice de nied has made a Sen ator this fall, Lee Fisher will ad vo - class workers in Ohio. huge differ ence for thousands of public cate for the Em ployee Free Choice Act “Whether he was sponsor ing our emplo y ees and safety forces in this state. becaus e he knows ALL workers de- leg is la tion, en forc ing pub lic con tracts, Lee has contin ued to be a friend of serve the right to or ganize for better work ing to create jobs to strengthen labor. As , he wages and bene fits and safer working our economy and our tax base, or part- en forced state prevail ing wage laws con di tions. nering with Gover nor Ted Strickland and even stopped a projec t from going “There is no doubt that Lee Fisher to strengthen pub lic ed u ca tion, Lee forwar d until the contrac tor did the deser ves our support. We need to send has been there for us,” said OAPSE right thing. He was a watchdog at the him to Washing ton to work with Sherrod State Secre tary Sandy Wheeler. State Em ploy ment Re la tions Board Brown on be half of OAPSE members Now, we have a chance to be there (SERB), so OAPSE mem bers knew and all workers ,” Wheeler said. ” Cordray Earns OAPSE Endorsement o one doubts that Ohio Attor ney He has publicl y supporte d our levies or ga nized la bor. NGenera l - un de- and cast his ballot with us every time. That is why we feated five-time cham pion of Jeopardy - He has shown us that he values the have endorse d is bright. But now the OAPSE Exec u - work we do, and that means ev ery thing his re-election tive Board has showed its smarts by en - to us,” Johntony said. and why we will dorsing him for re-election as Ohio’s Since his election as Ohio Attorney be working ev - top law en force ment of fi cer. General in 2008, Rich has taken action ery day from “I can’t say enough about Rich to hold Wall Street account able. His now until No - Cordray. He has been our friend since of fice is man ag ing sev eral ma jor law - vem ber to make Richard Cordray I can remem ber. Whether as a state suits against Wall Street firms such as sure he contin - Ohio At tor ney Gen eral rep re sen ta tive, Frank lin County AIG, Bank of America and Merrill ues as Ohio's Treasurer, Ohio Treasurer or Ohio Lynch, and these efforts have resulte d At tor ney Gen eral,” stressed Johntony. Attorney General, Rich has stood with in more than $2 billion in settle m ents She said Cordray’s op ponent, for- us in every fight. This endorse ment is for Ohio taxpay ers. mer U.S. Sena tor and Ohio Lt. made with pride and thanks for his He is ac tively pur su ing un eth i cal Gover nor Mike DeWine, cannot com - per sonal and pro fes sional friend - com pa nies, in clud ing the fore clo sure pete with Rich. ship,” said OAPSE State Pres i dent res cue scammers who take ad van tage of “We beat DeWine four years ago JoAnn Johntony. people who are desper ate to keep their when Sherrod Brown took him on and In addi tion to his stellar work as a homes. His office responded to more hammer ed him on his record. And we trea surer and attor ney, Cordray has than 30,000 consum er com plaints last will beat him this year also. Mike walked and marched with OAPSE and year, and recov ere d millions in fines and DeWine stood with the Bush Admin is - Ohio AFL-CIO mem bers and has com pensa tion for the people of Ohio. tration ev ery chance he got, and he stood with us at the ballot box. “Rich is a strong advo cate for turned his back on regu lar working “Rich lives in a school dis trict veterans and public safety and ser vice people. We don’t need him in the Ohio where we have al most 900 mem bers. work ers. And he is a very good friend to At tor ney Gen eral’s of fice.” ”

VOTE EARLY and VOLUNTEER on Elec tion Day!

Fall, 2010 Page 7 Boyce Meets Expec ta tions as Ohio Treasurer hen Gov er nor Strick land ap- lapsed, saving Ohio millions more. fo cus ing on job Wpointed Kevin Boyce as Ohio He was taught the value of hard work cre ation. His of - Trea surer in Janu ary 2009, working by his single mother and grandm other, fice has helped fam ilies in our state had high expec ta - who also in stilled in him the im por tance re tain and cre ate tions. Kevin had a repu ta tion as an hon- of edu ca tion. Treasure r Boyce put him - 16,000 jobs in est, hard working elected offi cia l who self through college and gradu ate school, his short time under stood the concer ns of workers and chose a life of public service so he there. and acted accord ingly. He has not dis - could help others who face sim ilar hard- “Gov er nor ap pointed. In fact, Trea surer Boyce has ships to those he knew growing up. Strick land ob vi- Kevin Boyce cem ented his posi tion as a friend of or - As a mem ber of the Colum bus City ously knew what Ohio State Treasurer ganize d labor and the hard working Council for eight years, he focuse d on he was doing when he chose Kevin as men and women we rep re sent. job cre ation and the fiscal strength of the our Ohio treasure r. There is no doubt Kevin Boyce has put his heart and city. He founded the Colum bus Youth that Kevin Boyce is quali fied for and soul into helping all of us weather this Com mis sion, sig nif i cantly ex panded commit ted to the posi tion of Ohio’s tough econom ic storm. His inno va tive park land and green ways, ad vo cated for chief fis cal of fi cer. The OAPSE Exec u - poli cie s and proce dures have saved the stronger civil rights laws, and cham pi- tive Board looks for ward to working state alm ost $30 million, which can be oned job creation strat egies that led to the with him for many years to come. But put to good use funding criti cal public cre ation or reten tion of over 20,000 jobs that can only happen if we do our jobs ser vices. And his office got rid of $800 in central Ohio. and get him elected on Novem ber 2,” million in toxic assets, like Lehman As Ohio Treasure r, he is working to said OAPSE State Vice Pres i dent Brothers , before the com pany col- en sure tax payer dol lars are pro tected and Davida Rus sell. ” The Clear Choice for Secre tary of State

hio vot ers have a clear choice in record of work ing with us. As Clerk of said. Othe race for Ohio Sec re tary of Frank lin County Court of Com mon As sec re tary of State. They can ei ther se lect a per son Pleas and as a Colum bus City Council state, she would who was a Repub li can leader during a mem ber, she has been on our side in key sit on the Appor - time of huge corrup tion by his party in battles that made a real differ ence for tion ment Board, state govern m ent and who contin ues to work ing fami lies . She will make a great which will draw oppose OAPSE mem bers and all work- Sec re tary of State,” said OAPSE State new leg is la tive ers as a state sen ator. Or they can choose Pres i dent JoAnn Johntony. lines in Ohio and a true and long-time friend whose expe - O’Shaughnessy wants to im prove de ter mine the Maryellen rience and com mitm ent to public ser- Ohio’s elec tion system by open ing it up to outcom e of fu - O'Shaughnessy vice has helped im prove the lives of more voters and ensur ing fair and open ture election s. Can di date for every work ing family in this state. elec tions. “And she will work with Gover - We need fair rep - Sec re tary of State The OAPSE Exec u tive Board made nor Strick land and Yvette McGee Brown resen ta tion on that board so that reason able the right choice when it endorse d to get our economy going. That’s what we and com pet i tive dis tricts - not lopside d, Maryellen O’Shaughnessy for Ohio Sec- need in the Mahoning Valley , where I am unwinnable dis tricts - are cre ated. We re tary of State. “Maryellen has a proven from, and all across the state,” Johntony need Maryellen. ” Just Add "Pepper" to Ohio Audi tor’s Office

APSE mem bers know better than mem bers and call for lay offs in our units. “Clearly, we Oany one why it is im portant to have Our people are paying the price. We need a friend of a friend in the Ohio Au ditor' s office . need fairness and justice in the Audi tor's middle class and That's why the OAPSE Exec u tive Board Office and David Pepper will provide work ing fam i lies endorse d David Pepper for the seat and that,” said OAPSE Ex ec u tive Di rec tor on that board so why we are urg ing OAPSE mem bers to Joe Rugola. reg u lar folks "Just Add Pep per" to their bal lot this fall. As audi tor, Pepper would be a mem ber have a voice and “Un der cur rent State Au di tor Mary of the Appor tion m ent Board, which don't get shut Taylor, who is certainly no friend to would draw new legis la tive lines in Ohio out of Ohio poli - Da vid Pep per OAPSE, school distric ts have been able and deter m ine the outcom e of elec tions tics,” Rugola Can di date for to ask for and get audits which tar get our for years to come. said. ” State Auditor

Page 8 OAPSE News Brown, Trapp Get OAPSE Support for Ohio Supreme Court

hose who work in public edu ca - Becaus e of his more than 30 years Ttion know how im portant the of public service and a strong re cord of make-up of the Ohio Suprem e Court integ rity, Judge Eric Brown was ap - is. We only have to look at the pointed by Gover nor Ted Strickland to DeRolph De cision and its after m ath to serve as Chief Jus tice on May 3 af ter get a clear pic ture. In 1997 – af ter six the death of Chief Justice Tom Moyer, years of legal procee dings – the Court who was retir ing af ter this term. ruled that the Ohio school funding sys- The OAPSE Exec u tive Board en - tem was un con sti tu tional. dorsed Brown becaus e of his That ruling came by the thinnest of ex ten sive ex pe ri ence as a judge, margins on a 4-3 vote, and many school board mem ber, small business Eric Brown Mary Jane Trapp thought we were finally on our way to owner and manager in the Ohio Attor - Chief Jus tice of the Can di date for an ed u ca tional sys tem that guar an teed ney Gen eral’s of fice and his Ohio Su preme Court Ohio Su preme Court every Ohio child a quality edu ca tion. commit me nt to fair ness on the state’s Unfor tu nate ly, when the make-up of high est court. fo cused on pro tect ing chil dren and the court changed and friends of public Brown now serves as the first Dem - fam ilies throughout her caree r. She has edu ca tion were no longer on the bench, ocra t to lead the court since 1986. He is more than 25 years ex pe ri ence rep re - the court failed to keep juris dic tion of the only cur rent Dem ocra t on a court sent ing workers , chil dren at risk, and the case, and progres s on edu ca tional with six Repub lican justices. As chief small business owners . equality has stalled. jus tice, Brown will set the agenda for “And that expe ri ence , along with “We have a very lopside d court the court and assign cases. her im pec ca ble rep u ta tion of hon esty, right now that favors big business over “We are pleased to support Chief integ rity and hard work, earned her con sum ers, chil dren, the el derly and Justice Brown. Those of us who live in the support of the OAPSE Ex ecu tive the most vulner a ble Ohioans. But this Central Ohio know he is a commit ted Board when we de cided on endorse - election gives us a chance to chip away public servant and a true supporte r of ments for the Ohio Suprem e Court. We at the Repub li can major ity and put two work ers and their fami lies . We need to really need her on the state’s highest good judges on the court. Ohio Ap- work hard to see that Chief Jus tice court so we can be sure workers will peals Court Judge Mary Jane Trapp is Brown maintains his posi tion on the get a fair shake. Right now, with nearly one of those candi dates , and the other Ohio Suprem e Court after Novem ber all Re publi cans, the rulings on cases is our current Chief Justice, Eric 2,” said Martin. have been ter ri ble for us. Elect ing Brown,” said OAPSE As so ci ate Di - Judge Trapp has a proven track re - Judge Trapp can help change that,” rec tor Gary Martin. cord of serving fam ilies and has Martin said. ” 2011 OAPSE/AFSCME Memo rial Scholar ships The OAPSE/AFSCME Me mo rial Schol ar - business/tech ni cal school and must en ter the fall ma tion and appli ca tions may also be ship Founda tion, Inc. will award ten (10) term fol low ing the grant ing of the scholar ship. down loaded from the un ion's website at: schol ar ships which of fer fi nan cial as sis tance to The scholar ships may be used for any field of www.oapse.org, then click "Member Ben efits," deserv ing students again this year. To be eli gi ble, study. then "Schol ar ships." Com pleted ap pli ca tions an appli cant must be a grad uat ing high school Re quests for ap pli ca tions or in for ma tion re - with all nec es sary sup port ive doc u men ta tion senior and the daugh ter and/or son of an ac tive gard ing the OAPSE/AFSCME Memo rial must be sent in one enve lope and postmarked OAPSE member or Le gal Guard ian. The ap pli- Scholar ships must be made by the active no later than March 1, 2011. The Scholar ship cant must intend to en roll in a full-time degree OAPSE member by complet ing the mailing label Com mittee will meet in April, 2011 to select the pro gram of an ac cred ited col lege, uni ver sity or and sending it to the address listed below. Infor - win ners. ” E OAPSE/AFSCME Memo rial Scholar ship Commit tee ATTN: Mary Beth Thompson 6805 Oak Creek Drive, Colum bus, OH 43229-1591 PLEASE DELIVER TO: (Please print infor ma tion clearly on the mailing label.)

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Fall, 2010 Page 9 Exec u tive Direc tor Joe Rugola Elected Presi dent of the Ohio AFL-CIO Begins Another Term as Leader of 650,000-member State Feder a tion of Labor ele gate s to the 27th Bien nial Con - the shift of the Ohio Dvention of the Ohio AFL-CIO House of Rep re sen ta- unan i mously elected OAPSE Ex ec u - tives to a Demo cratic tive Direc tor Joe Rugola to a full term ma jor ity for the first time as pres i dent of the state fed er ation . since 1994. “I am honored and hum bled that the Rugola has been the leaders and rank-and-file mem bers of ex ec u tive di rec tor of Ohio’s trade union movement have OAPSE/AFSCME Lo - placed their faith and trust in me. I will cal 4 since 1988, and will continue to work with all of orga nize d continue in that role. He la bor to make life better for ev ery work - is a long-time polit i cal ing family in our state,” Rugola said. activ ist and earned a The Ohio AFL-CIO repre sent s more bach e lor’s de gree in po - than 650,000 workers who are mem - lit i cal sci ence from The bers of 48 dif fer ent in ter na tional un ions. Ohio State Univer sity . Rugola began serving as Ohio “I ap pre ci ate the sup- Photo Credit: Kathy Malone, OAPSE/AFSCME AFL-CIO Presi dent in 2007, upon the port of the of ficers, Even Gov ernor Ted Strick land sported a mid-term re tireme nt of Bill Burga, a ex ec u tive board, mem - "Rugola for Pres i dent" la pel sticker while ad dress ing the leader of the United Steelworkers of bers and staff of OAPSE. del egates to the 2010 Ohio AFL-CIO Con ven tion America. Rugola served as Chair man of Our union has taken an active and criti - Also elected with out op po si tion was the Ohio AFL-CIO’s Task Force on Po- cal role in shaping and car rying out the Sec re tary-Trea surer Pier rette “Petee” lit i cal Ac tion where he cre ated the “Take po lit i cal and leg is la tive agenda of the Talley. Return ing to the Ohio AFL-CIO Back Ohio” program , which has helped Ohio AFL-CIO. We will continue to Ex ecu tive Board are OAPSE State Pres i - to re shape the way la bor in flu ences elec - build on the good work we have done in dent JoAnn Johntony; State Vice toral poli tics in Ohio. Among the conjunc tion with all the unions that rep- Pres i dent Davida Rus sell, rep re sent ing pro gram’s successes were the elec tion of re sent the state fed er a tion’s 650,000 the Coali tion of La bor Union Women Gover nor Ted Strickland and the other mem bers to strengthen and grow the la- (CLUW); and Gary Martin, OAPSE’s Dem o cratic state wide of fice hold ers and bor movement in Ohio,” Rugola said. As so ci ate Di rec tor. ”

AFL-CIO Presi dent Rich Trumka OAPSE EB Mem bers Mary Blevins U.S. Sen ate Can di date Lt.-Gov er nor OAPSE EB Member Betty AFSCME Sec.-Treas. Lee Saunders brought the dele gates to their (SW) and Tommy Sue Adam (C) Lee Fisher urged dele gates to Simmons-Talley showed her support fired up the crowd in his address feet on the first day showed who they are support ing keep moving Ohio forward for Attor ney General Cordray to the delegates

Why Should I Vote Early? To request an absentee ballot for this November's General Since Ohio law al lows all reg is tered vot ers to vote early – Election, visit the Ohio Secretary of State Office link below. Once beginning 35 days be fore Elec tion Day – OAPSE is encour aging you fill out the application, print it out and sign it. Use the sec ond mem bers who can vote early to do so. Once you vote, resources link to find the address of your lo cal County Board of Elec tions can be used to talk with other mem bers about the importance of and mail the ap pli ca tion. Your bal lot will ar rive within a few days. this elec tion. Early voting is com pletely safe, and more and more Link for absen tee bal lot re quest: Ohio ans are us ing it be cause it is proven to work well. Those www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/forms/11-A.pdf who want to vote in per son can still vote early by going to their Link to find your County Board of Elec tions: lo cal County Board of Elec tions, filling out the ab sen tee bal lot re quest form and voting! www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/boeDirectory.aspx

Page 10 OAPSE News Memorial Scholarship Foundation Awards Thirteen Seniors

Hannah McClain Cory Lappin Kara Bobka Ashley Brown Arkida Merizaj Ga bri elle Cardamone Hannah is the daugh ter Cory is the son of Eu gene Kara is the daughter of Ashley is the daugh ter of Arkida is the daugh ter of Ga bri elle is the daugh ter of Dawn McClain, New Lappin, New Phila del phia Kathy Bobka, Bellaire Paul Brown, Crestview Fatbarda Merizaj, Rocky of Charlene Cardamone, Albany Plain Local City Schools, Lo cal 391. Local Schools, Lo cal Local Schools, Lo cal River City Schools, Lo cal Midview Lo cal Schools, Schools, Lo cal 303. She He re ceived the Janet 250. She will be 775. She will at tend The 381. She received the Local 544. She re ceived plans to at tend Bowl ing Ledger Memo rial attending Wright State Ohio State Uni ver sity Doug Murdock Memorial the Pete Christopher Green State University Scholar ship. Cory will Uni ver sity where she and will ma jor in middle Scholarship. Arkida will Memo rial Scholar ship. and will ma jor in attend Miami Univer sity to plans to ma jor in school Education, Math at tend The Ohio State Gabri elle will attend Busi ness and Film. study Pre-Med. Med i cine. and Social Studies. Uni ver sity where she will Gannon Uni ver sity to train ma jor in Medicine. as a Phy si cian's As sis tant.

Ross Hazzard Heaven Lee Burns Robert Jones Molly Carroll Vic to ria Locke Laura Massa Ross is the son of Heaven is the daugh ter Robert is the son of Molly is the daughter of Victoria is the daugh ter Laura is the daugh ter Kristin Hazzard, Port of Robin Burns, Ann Jones, Bluffton Karla Carroll, Gallipolis of Julie Pray, Loveland of Donna Massa, Mad Clinton City Schools, Anthony Wayne Local Village Exempted City Schools, Lo cal City Schools, Lo cal River Lo cal Schools, Local 199. He will be Schools, Lo cal 538. Schools, Lo cal 395. 349. She will be 363. She will be Local 342. She will be attending the University She will be at tending He will be at tend ing at tend ing Rio Grande at tend ing The Ohio attend ing Sinclair of Toledo where he Kent State University Bowl ing Green State Uni ver sity and plans to State Univer sity, Community College to plans to major in and plans to ma jor in Uni ver sity and ma jor in Radiology ma joring in Forestry, obtain her Bachelor's Biochemistry. Biology. ma jor ing in Ed u ca tion. Technology. Fisheries and Wildlife. of Science in Nursing.

Each of the thirteen Ohio Schools Get $361 Mil lion 2010 OAPSE/AFSCME to Save Jobs Memorial Scholarship hio will recei ve $361,179,690 as the result of passage of OHR 1586. The bill cre ated the Edu ca tion Jobs Fund (Ed winners received a Jobs) program , which will provide $10 bil lion nation ally to states to save or create edu ca tion jobs for the 2010-2011 $1,500 scholarship from the and/or 2011-2012 school years. Al ex an der Ashbrook OAPSE/AFSCME Me mo rial This money is not the same as the “Race to the Top” dollars Alex is the son of Molly that some school dis tricts received as part of a grant ap pli ca - Ashbrook, Mount Schol ar ship Foundation, Inc. tion. While some school distric ts opted out of “Race to the Vernon City Schools, Top,” all school distric ts in Ohio will recei ve Ed Jobs funds. Local 470. He re ceived "Congratulations" and "Best Lo cal school boards and ad min is tra tors will de ter mine the Lianne Vernell how the Ed Jobs funds are spent. To find out how much your Me mo rial Schol ar ship. Wishes" for dis trict will receive, go to this link: http://www.oapse. Alex plans to at tend Success to All! ” org/pdfs/EducationFunding2010.pdf. School dis tricts are Columbia College to ” major in Film. listed in alpha bet i cal order by county.

Fall, 2010 Page 11 OAPSE's Rec om mended 2011 OAPSE Me mo rial Rugola Re-Elected as 2010 OAPSE Me mo rial Can di date En dorse ments Schol ar ship Ap pli ca tion Pres i dent of the Ohio Schol ar ships Awarded - Pages 3-9 - Page 9 AFL-CIO - Page 10 - Page 11 OAPSE/AFSCME Lo cal 4/AFL-CIO Nonprofit Org. 6805 OAK CREEK DRIVE U.S. Postage COLUMBUS, OH 43229-1591 PAID Westerville, Ohio Ad dress Serv ice Re quested Per mit No. 381

Union Plus Enhances 2011 AFSCME Fam ily Schol ar ships for 2011 Schol ar ship Pro gram he Un ion Plus Schol ar ship program, spon sored by the Un ion Plus Edu ca tion Foun - he AFSCME Fam ily Scholar ship Program is available to Tdation, helps union members and their fam ilies defray the cost of higher ed uca tion. Tany grad uat ing high school senior who is a daughter, son or Since 1992, the program has awarded over $3 mil lion to deserv ing students. finan cially depend ent grand child of an active or re tired full dues- Cur rent and re tired mem bers of our un ion, their spouses, and their depend ent chil- paying AFSCME mem ber, and an ap plicant to an accred ited dren (as de fined under IRS reg ula tions) are el igi ble. Mem bers must have at least one college or uni ver sity and subse quently accepted full-time student year of contin u ous good-standing member ship in AFSCME in order for spouses and de - in a four-year de gree pro gram. The schol ar ship may be used for pendents to be eli gi ble. Members do not have to pur chase any Union Plus program any field of study. Scholar ships of $2,000 each will be awarded. prod uct or par tici pate in any Union Plus programs to ap ply for the scholar ship. Scholar - Once awarded, the schol ar ship will be renewed for $2,000 each ship awards are not based upon par tici pa tion in a Union Plus Program. year, for a max imum of four years, pro vided the student re mains The amount of the award ranges between $500 and $4,000. This is a one-time cash enrolled in a full-time course of study. award sent to in divid ual winners for study be ginning in the fall of the same year. To re quest an appli ca tion or to down load the appli ca tion, The scholar ship program is open to students attend ing or plan ning to attend an ac- go to: http://www.afscme.org/mem bers/880.cfm. Make cred ited college or uni ver sity, a commu nity college or a rec ognized techni cal or trade sure your com plete appli ca tion, with all supportive docu men - school. (Grad u ate stu dents are now el i gi ble.) Ap pli cants for schol ar ships are eval u ated ta tion (es say, tran scripts, let ters of rec om men da tion, SAT or ac cord ing to ac a demic abil ity, so cial aware ness, fi nan cial need and ap pre ci a tion for la- ACT scores, proof of AFSCME mem ber ship, etc.) is mailed bor. All re quire ments must be met in or der for the ap plica tion to be consid ered. to gether in one en velope and post marked no later than De - Mem bers can re quest an appli ca tion by calling AFSCME Advan tage at cem ber 31, 2010. to: (800)588-0374 or by downloading the form at: www.unionplus.org/col lege-ed u ca- tion-fi nanc ing/un ion-plus-schol ar ship/. AFSCME Fam ily Schol ar ship Pro gram Com pleted ap pli ca tions with all re quired ma te ri als must be post marked no later ATTN: AFSCME Advantage than Jan u ary 31, 2011. Mail to: Union Plus Edu ca tion Foun dation, c/o Union Privi lege, 1625 L Street NW P.O. Box 34800, Washing ton, D.C. 20043-4800. Only scholar ship recip i ents will be noti - Wash ing ton, DC 20036-5687

fied. These no tifi ca tions will be sent on May 31, 2011. ” Winners will be announced by March 31, 2011. ”

OAPSE News OAPSE/AFSCME STATE OFFICE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Of fi cial Pub li ca tion of the Ohio As so ci a tion 6805 Oak Creek Drive, Colum bus, OH 43229-1591 Joseph P. Rugola of Public School Employees (614)890-4770 / (800)78-OAPSE / (800)786-2773 OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4/AFL-CIO OAPSE/AFSCME FIELD OFFICES STATE OFFICERS Athens Field Of fice State Presi dent, JoAnn Johntony MANAGING EDITOR: 114 North Plains Road, The Plains, OH 45780 State Vice Presi dent, Davida Russell Jo seph P. Rugola, Ex ec u tive Di rec tor (740)797-3090 / (888)594-3221 State Sec re tary, San dra Wheeler Canton/Ak ron Field Office (Belden Vil lage Tower) SENIOR EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER: 4450 Belden Vil lage Street NW, Suite 306, Canton, OH 44718 STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD Veda M. Rugola (330)492-8894 / (800)422-1456 Cen tral Dis trict, Betty Simmons-Talley CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Cleveland Area Field Office East Central Distri ct, Rosella Tope Kathy Malone 3690 Orange Place, Suite 550, Beachwood, OH 44122 East ern Dis trict, Da vid Ham il ton Randy Weston (216)292-7080 / (800)940-7080 North Central Distri ct, Mary Beth Thompson Alix Mar low Franklin Field Office North east Dis trict, Syl via Holmes Amanda Haseley 4127 E 2nd Street, Suite 2, Dayton, OH 45403 Northwest Distri ct, Brenda Wil son-Wright (937)253-5100 / (800)730-3623 Northwest Central Distri ct, James Haller Post mas ter send ad dress changes to: To ledo Area Field Office Southeast Distri ct, Hoberta Roach OAPSE News, 6805 Oak Creek Drive, 1910 Indian Wood Circle, Suite 201, Maumee, OH 43537 Southwest Distri ct, Mary Blevins Co lum bus, Ohio 43229-1591 (419)887-5758 / (800)265-1810 Western Distri ct, Ken Nance

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