RHJones re: ALL EDUCATORS SHOULD READ THIS ONE....a couple of area Supers exposed...I'd hate to teach under them!

RH Jones to Lenora Wood, April 25, 2011

Lenora,

This is the very reason retired teachers do need separate representation, free of better paid school administors. May I exclude college professors and anyone who did not teach in traditional public schools, as well. We should form a separate traditional public school district retired teacher union. One that ONLY retired teachers may join. Our ORTA allows administrators membership and they control the board. Is it no wonder that ORTA is so weak in regard to maintaining and improving our retired teacher benefits? The OEA-R must go along with the OEA constitution so their hands a tied when retired teachers ask for help. They must serve their active teacher interests, retired teachers are secondary. With the exception of Columbus, the OEA is controlled by rural associations that tend to be Grab Our Pension (GOP) voters. Our CORE, God Bless them, has been working for us very well but still administrators can belong.

The Independent Akron Education Association is not an option, either; for they have their active teachers interest to serve most. To me, that is as AEA should be. It and the OEA are active teachers associations and that is fine; but, we need a totally independent retired teachers union that serves the interests of retired teachers only, PERIOD.

I wonder if some of the retired AEA union leaders would be interested in forming such an association. I would send in my dues immediately. Two past AEA presidents, Bill Siegfreth, and John Gondorchin, are now retired teachers and would be great to lead such a union. If anyone reads this that knows their e-mail addresses, please forward this message to them. We need them now more than ever.

Please read Lenora's message below.

Bob Jones

From Lenora Wood [no date]
Subject: FW: ALL EDUCATORS SHOULD READ THIS ONE....a couple of area Supers exposed...I'd hate to teach under them!

COLLEAGUES AND....... ADMINISTRATORS FIGHT AGAINST TEACHERS DURING NEGOTIATIONS BUT REAP MORE BENEFITS DURING THEIR CAREERS AND LATER ON IN THEIR RETIREMENT PACKAGES THAN TEACHERS DO.

LEN WOOD
FORMER V.P. ELEM. A.E.A.