Hearing Held on COLA, Part-Time Work and Option B/C Legislation
September 26, 2019NewsPublic Service Committee Reviewing ProposalsSEPTEMBER 26, 2019: Today, the Joint Committee on Public Service held a public hearing that ...Read More
Subscription Service for Active Public Employees Begins
September 18, 2019NewsImportant Retirement Information for Public EmployeesMass Retirees has launched a one-of-a-kind Subscription Service for active public employees ...Read More
Legislature Weighs Health Insurance Reform
September 17, 2019NewsRising Costs & Affordability Main ConcernsSEPTEMBER 2019: Earlier this year, Mass Retirees filed six separate legislative proposals relative to health ...Read More
3% State / Teacher COLA Approved
September 16, 2019NewsWork Now Underway On Future COLA ImprovementsSeptember 2019: Since the state budget was not be approved by Governor Charlie Baker ...Read More
New COLAs Adopted By All Local Retirement Boards
September 15, 2019NewsEntering Their Third Decade of IncreasesSEPTEMBER 2019: Not to be outdone by the state and teachers’ retirement systems, all 102 ...Read More
Bad Medicine For Medicare Retirees
September 14, 2019NewsMass Retirees Opposes Voucher-Like SchemeSEPTEMBER 2019: For more than a decade, public retirees have found their health insurance benefits ...Read More
Mass. Teachers, Let’s Reform the WEP!
September 12, 2019NewsThousands of retired Massachusetts teachers are now impacted by the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) law. Also known as ...Read More
We Fight for Retired Teachers’ Health care
September 12, 2019NewsMaintaining Quality & Affordable InsuranceWhen you retired, you were no longer covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Then what protections ...Read More
We Defend Teachers’ Retirement
September 12, 2019NewsPublic school teachers in Massachusetts contribute 11% of their salary toward your public pension – one of the highest retirement contribution ...Read More
State Employees, We Defend Your Retirement
September 12, 2019NewsAs a state worker, you contribute your hard earned money toward your pension. Fact: Massachusetts has among the highest pension ...Read More
State Employees, Let’s Reform the WEP!
September 12, 2019NewsThousands of retired Massachusetts state employees are now impacted by the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) law. Also known ...Read More
We Fight For State Retiree Health Care
September 12, 2019NewsGoal: Quality & Affordable GIC CoverageFor future and current state retirees, there is nothing more important than having access to ...Read More
Retired Teachers, Let’s Reform the WEP!
September 12, 2019NewsThousands of retired Massachusetts teachers are now impacted by the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) law. Also known as ...Read More
Retired Teachers’ Health Care
September 12, 2019NewsMaintaining Quality & Affordable InsuranceWhen you retired, you were no longer covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Then what protections ...Read More
We Defend Teachers’ Retirement
September 12, 2019NewsPublic school teachers in Massachusetts now contribute 11% of their salary toward your public pension – one of the highest retirement ...Read More
We Defend Your Retirement
September 12, 2019NewsAs a public employee, you contributed your hard-earned money toward your pension. Fact: Massachusetts has among the highest pension ...Read More
Local Retire Health Care
September 12, 2019NewsMaintaining Quality & Affordable InsuranceWhen you retire, state law governs your right to health insurance, specifically Chapter 32B of the ...Read More
Let’s Reform the Social Security WEP!
September 12, 2019NewsThousands of retired Massachusetts public employees are now impacted by the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) law. Also known ...Read More
Valeri Reelected President, Duhamel Appointed CEO
September 7, 2019NewsBylaw Changes Aimed at Membership Growth & Increased Grassroots OutreachA Special Message from Mass Retirees President Frank ValeriSEPTEMBER 7, 2019 ...Read More
WEP Reform Update: No False Starts
August 20, 2019NewsWork continues through the dog days of summer to craft a new proposal to reform the Social Security Windfall Elimination ...Read More