1. Electing Your Own Boss

2. An Overview of what we will Cover in this Workshop Why it’s so important to be involved politically How to go about being involved politically at your workplace What we can help with and offer from the State Office How to carry out the plan/the campaign itself The ins and outs of a Levy Campaign The PEOPLE program

3. Why be Involved in the Election Process To have a voice and influence what happens at your job and workplace To elect a good, competent, and qualified boss To elect someone who supports OAPSE’s issues To impact contract negotiations To keep a good boss or remove a bad boss from office To gain or retain control of a board

4. How to go about being involved politically at your workplace Defining the context of the Election: – Running for an open seat – Running as an incumbent – Running against the incumbent – The mood of the voters – Determine available resources – Talk with your field staff – The earlier you start the better

5. Candidate Recruitment 1.Determine if they share OAPSE values – Verbal inquiring of candidates positions on issues important to OAPSE members – Are they labor friendly – Have them complete a written questionnaire 2.Are they Electable – Do they have name recognition – Are they well respected and thought of in the community

6. Candidate Recruitment (cont.) 3.Offer a Pledge of OAPSE Local’s Support – Volunteers Call members, pass out literature, phone bank, place yard signs, circulate petition for candidacy – Possible campaign donation – Involvement of OAPSE political department/organization

7. What we can help with and offer from the State Office Help develop a strategy and campaign plan Polling Phone banks Develop campaign message and literature Donations Mailings

8. How to carry out the plan/the campaign itself Election Information Research – Newspaper Articles About candidates Any pertinent issues in the community – Data Collection Voter file information Previous election results

9. How to carry out the plan/the campaign itself (cont.) Campaign Plan – Implementation: Getting the message out Core committee/volunteers Attend functions in district Phone banks Endorsements Door-to-door Yard Signs Mailings – message and/or endorsements

10. The ins and outs of a Levy Campaign Early Involvement – Timing of levy – Ballot Language – Research Strategy of the plan – OAPSE coordinating with local committee – OAPSE coordinating with professionals – OAPSE driven campaign

11. The ins and outs of a Levy Campaign (cont.) Resources – Field Staff – Donations – Phone banks – Mailings – Polling

12. The PEOPLE Program Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality Where we get the monies to conduct our political action activities and provide a strong political voice for public employees Great information on the OAPSE and AFSCME websites explaining the program

13. Examples of why it matters who we elect – State Budget Bill Issues included by Governor Strickland and Ohio House Democrats in their budget proposals Eliminates school bus privatization language that had been passed into law by former Governor Taft’s last State Budget (HB 66) How these issues were dealt with by the Republican controlled Senate in their budget proposal Removed the House and Governor’s language to repeal this issue

14. Examples of why it matters who we elect – State Budget Bill Eliminates RIF language that had been passed by former Governor Taft’s last State Budget (HB 66) Places a moratorium on new Charter Schools Prohibits for-profit management companies from running Charter Schools Removed the House and Governor’s language to repeal this issue Removed the House and Governor’s language to place a moratorium Removed Governor Strickland’s language to repeal this program

15. Examples of why it matters who we elect – State Budget Bill Language requiring Charter Schools to be held to the same standards as public schools E-school funding per student will be reduced from $5,600 to $2,500/student Severely watered down Governor Strickland’s language to ensure a continued lack of accountability Restored the funding back to $5,600/student

16. Examples of why it matters who we elect – State Budget Bill The Governor vetoed both of these ideas The Governor and the House Democrats deleted this language in HB 1 Increased the funding amount for vouchers and those that were eligible to receive them SB 192 re-introduced and passed the Senate

17. 2010 November Election-Statewide Governor Strickland and McGee Brown Secretary of State Maryellen O’Shaughnessey State Auditor David Pepper Attorney General Richard Cordray State Treasurer Kevin Boyce Ohio House of Representative Ohio Senate Ohio Supreme Court Brown and Trapp

18. 2010 November Elections-Federal U. S. House of Representative U. S. Senate ARRA-Jobs package Health Care Second Jobs package Government Pension Offset and Windfall President Obama’s election in 2012