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| Formation | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Type | Nonprofit |
| 34-1208942 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(4) |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Location | |
Membership | 32,000 |
CEO | Rachael Belz |
| Brooke Smith; Heather Zoller; Thomas Ferguson; Carla Walker; Beth Havens; Phil Leppla; Carolyn Gilbert; Rhonda Barnes-Kloth | |
| Website | https://www.ohiocitizen.org/ |
Ohio Citizen Action is an advocacy group representing 32,000 members throughout Ohio. Over its history the organization has worked on issues as diverse as single-payer healthcare, expanding access to organic produce in grocery stores, securing majority rule, and speeding Ohio's embrace of a just and equitable clean energy economy. The organization was founded in Cleveland in 1975 as the Ohio Public Interest Campaign (OPIC),[1] a coalition of union, senior citizen, church, and community organizations. Responding to a wave of factory closings in Northeast Ohio, the coalition proposed state legislation to require advance notice to employees before a closing (1977). The Ohio legislature balked, so U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) sponsored it as a federal bill. It became federal law in 1988.[2] In 1989, the Ohio Public Interest Campaign changed its name to Ohio Citizen Action to reflect its change from a coalition to a membership organization. Their headquarters is located fifteen minutes south of downtown Cleveland, on Brookpark Road.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: OHIO CITIZEN ACTION". ech.case.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ WEINSTEIN, HENRY (1989-02-04). "Plant Closing Law Now in Effect, but the Debate Goes On". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-04-22.