Friday, July 12, 2024

Call to Action from ORTA: Please contact the members of the Ohio Retirement Study Council (ORSC). Ask them NOT to change the makeup of the STRS board.

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Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association

July 12, 2024

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Call to Action!
Representative Phil Plummer, Co Chair of the ORSC STRS Subcommittee, has proposed changing the makeup of the STRS Ohio board. 
Ohio's teachers should be represented by board members who were elected by them and will advocate for them.

“We need retirees input but people need to have logic and common sense.” - Rep. Phil Plummer

Please contact the members of the Ohio Retirement Study Council (ORSC).
Ask them NOT to change the makeup of the STRS board.
ORSC Voting Members
•  Senator Mark Romanchuk: Romanchuk@ohiosenate.gov 
•  Representative Phil Plummer: Rep39@ohiohouse.gov 
•  Representative Beryl Piccolantonio: Rep04@ohiohouse.gov 
•  Senator Louis Blessing: Blessing@ohiosenate.gov 
•  Senator Hicks-Hudson: Hicks-Hudson@ohiosenate.gov 
•  Representative Adam Bird: Rep63@ohiohouse.gov 
•  Lora Miller: lora.miller@orsc.org 
•  Ed Montgomery: Ed.Montgomery@orsc.org 
•  Dr. Anthony Podojil: Anthony.Podojil@orsc.org 
Here is the current makeup of Ohio's pension boards.
•  OP&F: 9 trustees: 4 active, 2 retired, 3 appointed
•  9 trustees: 4 active, 2 retired, 3 appointed
•  11 trustees: 5 active, 2 retired, 3 appointed
•  11 trustees: 6 active, 2 retired, 3 appointed
•  STRS: 11 trustees: 5 active, 2 retired, 4 appointed
STRS Ohio Board members Rudy Fichtenbaum and Wade Steen are incurring legal fees, defending themselves against the lawsuit brought against them by A.G. Dave Yost. ORTA will use donations from the Pension Defense Fund to help them, if needed, pay their legal expenses. They have volunteered their time to support Ohio's teachers. Now it's time for us to show our support for them! Make a donation today to the ORTA Pension Defense Fund
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