Your first year of membership in OEA-R is free (courtesy of OEA) when you join the National Education Association-Retired. Membership in NEA-R is $25 per year.  After your first year of free OEA-R membership, you will pay only $40 per year for your unified OEA-R/NEA-R membership.

OEA-R also offers a life membership for $100. OEA life members are automatically OEA-R life members.  NEA life members are not automatically NEA-R life members. NEA-R life membership is availalbe for $200, payable in one payment. To join OEA-R/NEA-R go to https://www.nea.org/JoinNea or call 1-800-282-1500 ext 4056 to have an OEA-R/NEA-R enrollment form sent to you.

Pre-retired life membership is available to members at any time. The unified life membership in both OEA-R and NEA-R is $300. Click here for an OEA-R Pre-retired membership form.

When you retire contact OEA Membership Services to become a retired member. For additional information on how you can stay involved in your profession, contact the OEA-R Liaison at:

  OEA-R, 225 E. Broad Street, Box 2550, Columbus, OH 43216

         (800) 282-1500      or        (614) 228-4526