--- title: Non-compete clauses implement high fines and worse to Ohio teachers description: The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Melissa Cropper from OFT-AFT joined us on today’s show. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/OFT%20mic%20blue.jpg --- 1 min read Season 4, Episode 37 # Non-compete clauses implement high fines and worse to Ohio teachers [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) February 21, 2023 [Labor Issues](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/labor-issues) [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [American Federation of Teachers](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/american-federation-of-teachers) [AFT](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/aft) [Labor-Management](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/labor-management) [Government Affairs and Policy](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/government-affairs-and-policy) [Community Involvement](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/community-involvement) [Economic Impact](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/economic-impact) [Union Responsibilities](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/union-responsibilities) [Union Issues](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/union-issues) ![oftlogo](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/oftlogo.png?width=242&height=242&name=oftlogo.png)   Guest Name: --- Melissa Cropper Guest Website: --- [http://oh.aft.org/](http://oh.aft.org/)  Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/OFTunion) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/oftadvocate) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@oft-ohiofederationofteache1186) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/4400432/) Supportive Documents: --- President of the [Ohio Federation of Teachers](https://www.oft-aft.org/), Melissa Cropper, joined America’s Work Force Union Podcast to share updates about legislature impacting teachers in Ohio. Cropper discussed the proposed rule by the Federal Trade Commission to ban non-compete clauses with workers. Known mostly in the business world to prevent trade secrets being shared to competitors, non-compete clauses still impact teachers. Some teachers, mostly Charter school teachers, face fines and possible license holding if they leave their jobs. The clauses have gone so far as to prevent some teachers from taking their custom educational tools with them, Cropper added. Cropper is hopeful the FTC will implement the rule but strike down non-compete clauses. She shared the issues the state faces with the Fair School Funding Plan and expanded charter school vouchers being implemented. The Fair School Funding Plan is there to fund public schools more equitably than in the past. However, with the extended charter school vouchers, taking tax payer money that should go to the public schools and will instead go to a charter school. These two plans work in direct opposition of each other, and Cropper believes there’s no way to implement both plans successfully. Cropper warned of the drawbacks to passing Ohio’s Senate Bill 1. The bill is meant to create a separate education board under the direction of the Governor that will handle curriculum and policy decisions. This takes power away from elected Board of Education members, who traditionally handle these decisions. Cropper believes the bill bypasses the democratic process. Listen to the entire episode to learn more about these topics. --- America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues. America’s Work Force Union Podcast is brought to you in part by our sponsors: AFL-CIO, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Musicians Local 4, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes-IBT, Boyd Watterson, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, Communication Workers of America, Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 50, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Crafts, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 6, Ironworkers Great Lakes District Council, Melwood, The Labor Citizen newspaper, Laborers International Union of North America, The National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, North Coast Area Labor Federation, Ohio Federation of Teachers, United Labor Agency, United Steelworkers. - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ##### SUBSCRIBE ON: --- [![Group 342](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/podcast%20logos/Apple%20Podcasts%20Button-Dark.png?width=171&name=Apple%20Podcasts%20Button-Dark.png)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-work-force-union-podcast/id1511224946) [![Group 341](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/podcast%20logos/Spotify%20Button-Dark.png?width=100&name=Spotify%20Button-Dark.png)](https://open.spotify.com/show/0GzkHxFSBxiXvuX0lZpQBn) [![Group 343](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%20343.png?width=135&name=Group%20343.png)](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/americas-work-force-union-podcast-62567752/) [![Group 339](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%20339.png?width=110&name=Group%20339.png)](https://www.pandora.com/podcast/americas-work-force-union-podcast/PC:47979) [![Group 397](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%20397.png?width=125&name=Group%20397.png)](https://americasworkforceradiopodcast.podbean.com/) [![Group 397](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/YouTube_button.png?width=125&name=YouTube_button.png)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuQo1PAtRAel1_tS7-PQOkA)   #### [Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen on the Union Pacific Merger Threat](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/brotherhood-of-railroad-signalmen-on-the-union-pacific-merger-threat) : July 6, 2026 # Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen on the Union Pacific Merger Threat Brandon Elvey, Secretary-Treasurer of the [Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen](https://www.brs.org/),... [Read More](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/brotherhood-of-railroad-signalmen-on-the-union-pacific-merger-threat) #### [AFL-CIO's Fred Redmond on the Convention, AI and America at 250](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/afl-cios-fred-redmond-on-the-convention-ai-and-america-at-250) : July 3, 2026 # AFL-CIO's Fred Redmond on the Convention, AI and America at 250 Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer of the [AFL-CIO](https://awf.labortools.com/), joined the [America's Work Force...](https://awf.labortools.com/) [Read More](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/afl-cios-fred-redmond-on-the-convention-ai-and-america-at-250) #### [C/COBCTC's Dorsey Hager on Drones, Data Centers and Growth](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/c/cobctcs-dorsey-hager-on-drones-data-centers-and-growth) : July 2, 2026 # Dorsey Hager on Drones, Data Centers and Central Ohio's Building Boom Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the [Columbus/Central Ohio...](https://columbusconstruction.org/) [Read More](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/c/cobctcs-dorsey-hager-on-drones-data-centers-and-growth) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "awfblog", "url" : "https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog" }, "dateModified" : "2023-02-21T20:28:23.128Z", "datePublished" : "2023-02-21T20:28:23.000Z", "headline" : "Non-compete clauses implement high fines and worse to Ohio teachers", "image" : [ "https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/OFT%20mic%20blue.jpg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://awf.labortools.com/listen/non-compete-clauses-implement-high-fines-and-worse-to-ohio-teachers", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/labor-tools-logo-white.png" }, "name" : "BMA Media" } } ```