John Curry compares "Top Dog" salaries: OEA vs. OFT (OEA active teachers -- ever wonder where your hard-earned dues money is going? Find out here -- the tip of the iceberg!)

From John Curry

April 19, 2021

A Tale of Two (Ohio Teacher) Unions 

If you go to this U.S. Department of Labor website https://olmsapps.dol.gov/query/getOrgQry.do

you will be able to enter the respective employer numbers for both the Ohio Education Association and the Ohio Federation of Teachers and find, among other information, the salaries they pay to all their employees and their position titles. 

For the OEA enter the employer number 512-490

For the OFT enter the employer number 513-310 

When you do this you can compare and contrast the pay scales of both unions. To save you some work I have looked at both and drew a few conclusions below. The data below is from the most recent filings of both unions...the summer and fall of 2020. Here are some of my findings (enlarge the pix with this posting and you can verify). 

Let us begin with the position of President:

The President of the OEA is Scott DiMauro. His listed salary was $195,165

The President of the OFT is Melissa Cropper. Her listed salary was $122,511

The Executive Director of the OEA was Sheryl Mathis. Her listed salary was $202,983

The Executive Director of the OFT IS NON EXISTENT! THEY DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR!

The Secretary-Treasurer of the OEA was Mark Hill (former STRS Board member). His listed salary was $169,382.

The "Treasurer" of the OFT was Brian Kessler. His listed salary was $5,559! That's right, $5,559.... I didn't miss a digit or two....this is a part time job at OFT!

The OEA has listed their number of full time members at 96,244.

The OFT has listed their number of full time members at 15,253.

The OEA had listed 109 employees making over $100,000 per year.

The OFT had listed 5 employees making over $100,000 per year. 

Please take the time to scour (like I did) these LM-2 reports...they are quite revealing! Please compare and contrast. I think you'll find significant differences.

Please excuse the quality of the above photos as I don't have a high 5-digit secretary nor a six-digit media expert to put this together.

Addendum (FYI):

The OEA contributed $0.00 (ZERO) toward the STRS forensic audit.

The OFT contributed $10,000 toward the STRS forensic audit.

John