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President:
Paul Adams
 
Representatives:
 
IT – 
James Slosser
 
Industrial and Engineering Technologies – 
Benjamin Frazier  (Transportation)
William Shepherd  (Engineering)
 
Library – 
Matthew Farthing
 
Math, Science, Liberal Arts, etc. (old Arts and Sciences)  –
Anne Bullerjahn
Megan Kerr
Susan Burris
 
Child Care – 
Hailey Shoemaker
 
Health Sciences – 
Susan Wannamacher
 
Nursing –
Janet Pinkelman
 
Business – 
Michael Bento
 
Toledo-at-large – 
            Cy Keiffer
 
Findlay-at-large –
Robert Connour
 
 
The OFA Executive Board elected the following officers from the Representatives.
Vice President - Ben Frazier
Treasurer
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OFA Executive Board (2016-2018 term):  Paul Adams – President, Ben Frazier – Vice President & Technologies Rep, Anne Bullerjahn – Treasurer & A&S Rep, Robert Connour – Secretary & Findlay-at-Large Rep, Siva Sakthivel Toledo-at-Large Rep, James Slosser– IT Rep, L. Scott Deaner – A&S Rep, Catherine Pratt A&S Rep, Michael Bento– Business Rep, Susan K. Wannemacher – Health Rep, Hailey M. Shoemaker – CCT Rep, Matthew Farthing – Library/AV Rep, Janet Pinkelman – Health Rep, William Shepherd –Engineering Rep, Wayne SeelyEmergency Preparedness Rep, vacant – Past President 

 

 

OFA Executive Board

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Randi Weingarten at a Massachusetts high school

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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What unions do

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In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

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 http://ofa.oh.aft.org/sites/default/files/ofa-contract-2015-2017_0.pdf

Our contract ended at the end of October 31, 2017 but is still the current agreement until the next contract is ratified.

Click the link to above to open the contrat as a pdf file.

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It is important that everyone adds their voice demanding a fair contract! Don't be a silent victim!
 
As a follow up to the March 2018 General Membership Meeting, here are the email addresses for OCC administration. 
 
Contact information for administration and the new contract
Steve Robinson, Vice President Acedemic Affairs / Provost                                     steve_robinson@owens.edu
Denise Smith, Associate Vice Prsident Acedemic Affairs                                        denise_smith4@owens.edu
Amy Giordano, Vice President, Enrollement Management, Student Services             amy
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