SCARECROW TACTICS--A scarecrow sits in a lawn chair with a strike sign in front of the Ohio Education Association building, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997. The OEA's Professional Staff Union, which represents labor relations consultants, and the Ohio Associates Union, made up of support staff personel, have been striking state-wide against the OEA since Sept. 1.

FLAGPOLE MAINTENANCE--Randall Wright performs maintenance on a flagpole on the west grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997.