Growing the COLA Base

July 13, 2023,
Continually improving pension COLA policy has been a key focus of Mass Retirees since our founding in 1968. The recent ...Read More

To which retirement system do I belong?

July 7, 2023,
July 7, 2023: Weekly Update By Mass Retirees CEO Shawn Duhamel As we have been reporting the recent news regarding ...Read More

COLA amendment 808

April 21, 2023, ,
April 21, 2023: As we reported last week, your Association has filed one amendment to the FY24 State Budget proposal ...Read More
GIC Open Enrollment & Annual PAC Drive Begins

GIC Open Enrollment & Annual PAC Drive Begins

March 31, 2023,
March 31, 2023: It is very hard to believe that today is the end of March. For what is normally ...Read More
Local COLA News

Local COLA News

February 24, 2023,
WEEKLY REPORT FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023: Between the President’s Day holiday and school vacation week, there is not ...Read More

Big news on GIC & Social Security

December 16, 2022, ,
Do you remember when I said that December would be a busy month? It turns out that things have been ...Read More

Major retiree health insurance news

October 24, 2022,
October 21, 2022: Thursday brought some highly anticipated news to the 460,000 enrollees covered by the state’s Group ...Read More
CPI hits 8.7%

CPI hits 8.7%

October 14, 2022, ,
October 14, 2022: Thursday morning’s announcement by the Social Security Administration of an 8.7% COLA increase for 2023 ...Read More
Retirees were heard

Retirees were heard

September 9, 2022, ,
9/9/22 Weekly Update: By CEO Shawn Duhamel Before I jump into the news of the week, let me ...Read More
The truth about the WEP & GPO

The truth about the WEP & GPO

August 5, 2022, ,
8/5/2022 Weekly Update: While the bulk of today’s (long and detailed) email is on the status of ...Read More