Ohio Education Association Employees on Strike
Professional employees of the Ohio Education Association went on strike today.
“We are disappointed we could not complete negotiations before the PSU contract expired. OEA is ready to meet at any time to resolve our remaining issues,” said OEA President Patricia Frost-Brooks in a statement.
OEA was able to reach a tentative agreement with the union representing support staff, but it won’t help OEA immediately, since the support staff will honor the professional staff’s picket line.
This is the first OEA staff strike since 1997.
UPDATE: Grab your popcorn. “At Least 1 Picketer Arrested Outside OEA Building.” For background on these types of staff job actions, you’ll want to read this.
UPDATE #2: The Buckeye Institute has video of the picket line. Looks more like a sit-down to me.
UPDATE #3: Even if you finished your popcorn, you’ll need a box of Jujubes for these photos of the street theater going on in front of OEA headquarters.
September 2nd, 2010 at 08:51
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September 8th, 2010 at 13:30
What EXACTLY are they striking about? They make over $100,000 a year!! It’s all insanity out there…I work very close to this and I know 2 year olds with more freaking maturity!!