“Bamboozle the membership” award given to IEA media.

I got this in the mail yesterday:

Your award-winning Communications Department

The IEA Communications Department won two big awards at NEA’s PR Council conference last week. IEA’s awards were in the areas of training and government and political affairs.

Communications Year-Round is a training module designed to help IEA locals start and maintain a permanent local public relations program that will help them build support for the local’s goals. Media Relations Director Bob Ray took the lead on this project.

SB7, education reform and pension battle, focused on the materials developed to respond to the attacks on member bargaining rights and member pensions during 2011.

“This was very much an association success. Our department strives to support members by working with the various IEA departments,” said IEA Director of Communications Charles McBarron.

An award for deceiving the membership about Senate Bill 7? Congratulations Charlie. You must be so proud.

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