3rd time not a charm, as Leominster board again denies pension raise for retirees
July 1, 2015NewsBy Cliff Clark, cclark@sentinelandenterprise.comLEOMINSTER -- The third attempt to secure an annual pension increase for city retirees failed like ...Read More
Mass Congressional Delegation Backs WEP Reform
July 1, 2015NewsHR711 Now Pending Before House Subcommittee on Social SecurityJuly 2015 Voice: A milestone in our efforts to reform the Social ...Read More
Time to Refocus on COLA Base
June 30, 2015News$12,000 COLA Base Created in 1997 Amongst Heavy OppositionJuly 2015 Voice: For nearly fifty years our Association has led ...Read More
Retirement Board to again take up COLA
June 29, 2015NewsLEOMINSTER -- Just seven days after the Retirement Board voted down the first cost-of-living increase for city retirees in ...Read More
Dedham Approves $15,000 COLA Base
June 29, 2015NewsJuly 2015 Voice: For the second time around, Dedham has increased its COLA Base. First, they went from $12,000 ...Read More
2015 Legislative Process Underway
June 28, 2015NewsHearings Held on Retiree ProposalsJuly 2015 Voice: After a slow start to the beginning of the 2015-16 Legislative Session ...Read More
Tempers rise — but not pensions for Leominster
June 24, 2015NewsLEOMINSTER -- Tension between the chairman of the Retirement Board, other board members and city retirees erupted into open hostility at ...Read More
Fossil-fuel divestiture hearing: Retirees’ interests vs. environmental concerns
June 11, 2015NewsJohn HilliardState House News ServiceJune 9, 2015During a packed hearing late Tuesday morning, supporters of bills that would divest public ...Read More
WEP Reform: Our Work Continues
June 11, 2015NewsMAY 2015 VOICE: Efforts to advance federal legislation reforming the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) continue in earnest. Led ...Read More
Early retirement plan drawing fewer applicants than predicted
June 10, 2015NewsBy Joshua Miller Globe Staff June 09, 2015 Governor Charlie Baker’s early retirement plan is on pace to ...Read More