President’s Message
July 15, 2014NewsLet's Deal With The Facts, Not An AgendaJuly 2014 Voice: We’ve all seen the steady stream of headlines ...Read More
Legislature Extends Insurance Moratorium
July 15, 2014NewsTeachers and Municipal Retirees ProtectedJuly 2014 Voice: Retired teachers and municipal employees will receive a two-year reprieve from increased ...Read More
Social Security Update
July 13, 2014NewsAssociation Attends WEP SummitJuly 2014 Voice: Earlier this year we reported that our Association had launched a new approach toward ...Read More
Retirees Endorse Kerrigan in lieutenant governor’s race
July 7, 2014NewsThe Retired, State, County and Municipal Employees Association of Massachusetts announced its unanimous endorsement of Steve Kerrigan for lieutenant governor ...Read More
Budget Accord Reached
July 1, 2014NewsHealthcare Contribution Moratorium ApprovedJUNE 30, 2014: House and Senate budget negotiators reached an agreement on the Commonwealth’s $36.4 ...Read More
Bank Fee Waiver Generates Huge Member Response
June 20, 2014NewsApplies Only To State Chartered BanksJUNE 20, 2014: “In our July 2014 issue of the Voice, we included an article ...Read More
Retiree Dental Enrollment Climbs
June 13, 2014NewsGIC Plan Adds 2,300 For FY15JUNE 13, 2014: At its monthly meeting held today, the state’s Group Insurance ...Read More
Budget Conference Underway
June 6, 2014NewsInsurance Moratorium PendingJUNE 6, 2014: Following the passage of the Fiscal Year 2015 budget in both the House and Senate ...Read More
Senate Budget Debate Begins Wednesday
May 20, 2014NewsInsurance Moratorium PendingMAY 20, 2014: State Senators will begin debate on the FY15 budget beginning Wednesday morning. The debate, which ...Read More
GIC Rates Hold Steady For FY15
May 5, 2014NewsMAY 2014 VOICE: Members, who are state and municipal retirees receiving their health insurance through the state’s Group Insurance ...Read More
Insurance Moratorium Set To Expire
May 4, 2014NewsAssociation Seeks Two-Year Exentention On Retiree Premium PercentagesMAY 2014 VOICE: For the past three years, retired teachers and municipal ...Read More
Social Security WEP/GPO Update
May 3, 2014NewsAssociation Meets With FedsMAY 2014 VOICE: This winter, Association President Frank Valeri and Legislative Liaison Shawn Duhamel met with members ...Read More
Spotlight on Basic Life Insurance
May 2, 2014NewsReport Brings Focus to Increase For State Retirees & EmployeesMAY 2014 Voice: Information recently obtained from the both the National ...Read More
Big Year For Pension Fund
April 25, 2014NewsFinally Recovered From FY08 LossesMARCH 2014 VOICE: Year 2013 was cause for a modest celebration at the Commonwealth’s giant ...Read More
Leadership Agrees To Changes in Funding Schedule
April 25, 2014NewsAdopts Conservative Approach & Increased FundingMARCH 2014 VOICE: Governor Deval Patrick and the state’s Legislative Leadership have agreed to ...Read More
State Retirement Board: White Re-Elected
April 25, 2014NewsMARCH 2014 VOICE: Former Association President Ralph White was elected to a new three-year term on the State Retirement ...Read More
Calls For Improving Social Security COLA
April 25, 2014NewsTriggers State/Teachers' and Local COLAsMARCH 2014 VOICE: For some time, we’ve seen where the formula for calculating Social ...Read More
Pension Deal Edges Detroit a Step Closer to Recovery
April 16, 2014NewsNew York TimesApril 16, 2014Detroit’s pension boards and a retirees’ group say they have reached tentative agreements with the ...Read More
JEFF JACOBY PUBLIC PENSION OPINION IS COMPLETELY OFF BASE
April 10, 2014NewsAPRIL 10, 2014: In the Sunday, March 23, 2014 edition of the Boston Globe, conservative opinion columnist Jeff Jacoby penned ...Read More
Winchester retiree health costs revisited
April 10, 2014NewsBy Kathy McCabeGlobe Staff April 10, 2014Winchester selectmen have scaled back a plan to make retirees pay half the cost ...Read More