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NEW Podcast: The Retiree View of Ohio's Pension Drama
"I just want my COLA" David Pepper did a podcast with Robin Rayfield, Executive Director of ORTA, to clarify all that’s been happening...
ORTA
May 23, 20242 min read
OCAAUP and OFT Support STRS Board Chair Fichtenbaum Against Baseless Allegations
Sara Kilpatrick, Executive Director of the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors (OCAAUP), and Melissa...
ORTA
May 21, 20242 min read
ORTA leaders confront STRS Ohio Board
ORTA's Executive Director, Robin Rayfield; President, Dean Dennis; and President-Elect, Stephen Seagrave confronted the STRS Ohio Board...
ORTA
May 20, 20244 min read
Toledo Blade Editorial: STRS suit weak
Despite histrionic language asserting that State Teachers Retirement System board members Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum have violated...
ORTA
May 19, 20243 min read
Update: Standing Up to Bullies
Teachers and their Representatives Stood Up -- in Elections, and Yesterday In this topsy turvy political world where the bullies too...
ORTA
May 18, 20241 min read
Get out of the way, politicians. Let the teachers have their say!
David Pepper attended the meeting of the STRS Ohio Retirement Board on May 15, 2024. Here's his Pepperspective on the mess at STRS. It...
ORTA
May 18, 20241 min read
STRS board meets as investigations are underway
The fight over how the teacher pension fund in the state is being handled is taking center stage with investigations, a lawsuit filed by...
ORTA
May 17, 20244 min read
Ohio AG files lawsuit to remove two state teachers' pension board members
STRS Ohio oversees about $90 billion invested on behalf of 500,000 teachers and retirees Key Points State law allows the attorney general...
ORTA
May 15, 20242 min read
Response to Allegations in the Anonymous Document
By Rudy Fichtenbaum May 14, 2024 Since I was elected to the Board, I have fulfilled my duty as a fiduciary, acting with integrity and in...
Rudy Fichtenbaum
May 14, 202411 min read
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