OEA 2015 Collective Bargaining

Conference

Anti-Union and Anti-Public

Education Forces
Part 2

The State/Local Picture

We

are fighting on many fronts:

Attacks on Levies
Take over of school boards
Attacks on Teachers and Support Staf

Attacks on Levies
COAST

CARE

Citizens for Accountability and Responsibility in

Citizens Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes

Education

County

and Local Tea Party groups

Educate
Liberty
Kids
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____ (fill in your towns name)

Alliance

First/Students First

Better Ohio

Actively Work to Defeat

Levies

Work to Repeal Levies

How to repeal a tax?

Ohio

Revised Code 5748.04

Levy has to be for more than 5 years

Can only be changed/challenged once in

5 years
Must wait at least 1 year after it was
passed
File petition at least 90 days prior to an
election
Petition signed by 10% of those in the
school district who voted in the election

Take Over of School

Boards

The Kelly Kohls Road

Show

Attacks on Teachers and

Support Staf

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What can we do?

Levy

Campaigns

OEA Support
Message from Association not

necessarily the same as the official Levy

Committee
Contributions to the campaign
Direct communications with members
Communication with the community
Social Media

School Board Elections

How

involved should you be?

Resources
Ongoing

relationships

Obstacles or Yes,
but.
What

are the obstacles for you as a

leader?

What

are the obstacles for your

Association?

How

can OEA help you overcome

these obstacles?

Questions?
Jeremy Baiman
Becki Villamagna
baimanj@ohea.org
villam@ohea.org

Remember that our goals should be:

1) Dont support our opponents when
voting
2) Dont support our opponents with
our money.