OPEA members from across the state will converge at the Lake Murray resort August 28^th and 29^th for the 2009 Delegate Assembly and Convention.

 

“Get on Board the OPEA Express” is this year’s theme, as state employees rally for better pay, benefits and job security during what is proving to be a tough economic year.

After six months of working to resolve problems, the HealthChoice claims backlog is beginning to decline.  Issues with the new claims processor, EDS, caused the agency to fall months behind in paying claims.

 

“It is important to remember that the problem was not caused by the state employees who work at OSEEGIB, but a contractor of the agency that administers HealthChoice claims,” said OPEA Policy and Research Director Trish Frazier.  “This part of the agency was privatized several years ago and the new corporate vendor was not up to the task.”

 

OKLAHOMA CITY (June 26, 2009) – The Oklahoma Public Employees Association is responding to claims from a freshman legislator that OPEA was misleading its members about HB 2108.  The legislation would have drastically changed the insurance plan of state, county, education and municipal employees. OPEA, which represents the interests of state employees, worked to cripple the legislation in the Senate, keeping it from becoming law this year. 

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has announced it will begin furloughing employees, perhaps as soon as next month.  Click here for coverage on Oklahoma City's KWTV Channel 9.

Join OPEA's Scott Barger and Mark Beutler as they welcome Representative Randy Terrill to the Break Room!  Click here to listen.

The Oklahoma Public Employees Association has learned the state Corporation Commission is holding a two-day training meeting at Midwest City’s Reed Center, reportedly paying thousands of dollars in per diem and lodging as the threat of furloughs hangs in the balance.