Why Organize a Union Where You Work?

Ohio’s public employees, non-profit employees, and other workers who provide public services are looking for fairness on the job. They want reasonable, consistent, and fairly enforced policies and a voice in making those policies. They want to earn good wages, have affordable, quality health care benefits and a secure retirement.

Get the union advantage by Joining AFSCME
In a time when corporate CEO pay is skyrocketing and real wages are declining for working Ohioans, unions matter more than ever. Working families are the backbone of Ohio and America. AFSCME believes that working Ohioans deserve a good salary and reasonable benefits so they can raise their family comfortably, have access to health care, send their children to college and have a secure retirement. AFSCME Ohio Council 8 helps employees work with their employers to bring about these key components of American life.

You can take charge of your work life by organizing a union where you work.

You Have a Legal Right to Join a Union

Your right to join a union is protected under the Constitution of the United States. And in Ohio, Council 8 played an instrumental role in passing the state’s collective bargaining law which guarantees you the legal right to form a union and bargain collectively with your employer over pay, hours of work, and working conditions. In America, your freedom of speech and freedom of association are guaranteed. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.