RH Jones: ORTA doing members a disservice

From RH Jones, April 17, 2010
Subject: RHJones comments and Fw: Dennis speaks............

To all ORTA members:

Every ORTA member needs to get on the phone, or the computer, to protest ORTA's support of the 1% cut in our fixed, flat, COLA. Never, should the ORTA Director Ann Hanning and the leadership of ORTA set back and say, and do, nothing when retired educators are being threatened with any type of cut. If ORTA does not aggressively defend our interests at the STRS, or else, they are doing the members a disservice that will in the long-term hurt membership when it is most sorely needed.

Note: Some of us can not attend meeting ORTA meetings for a variety of reasons, but that does not mean that we should not have a voice in ORTA do nothing policy. Traveling around the state means nothing. Monitoring our STRS means everything!

RHJones, PUFL ORTA member