GIC Announces FY23 Plan Design & Premiums
March 3, 2022Breaking News, NewsPopular UniCare OME Plan to Increase 1.3% March 3, 2022: The state’s Group Insurance Commission held their monthly ...
Mass Retirees Calls For Divestment from Russia
March 3, 2022News, Breaking NewsSupports Moves by Treasurer Goldberg & Legislature to Act March 2, 2022: In the wake of Russia’s ongoing invasion ...
Pension Fund Gains Added $70 Billion Over 10 Years
February 17, 2022Breaking News, NewsFebruary 17, 2022: The state's pension fund has gained $70.6 billion over the past decade, exceeding its targets ...
New WEP/GPO Proposals
January 27, 2022NewsFour Bills Now Pending Before the House Janaury 2022 Voice: Over the course of a week, spanning late October into ...
COLA: Rising Inflation Adds to Urgency
January 27, 2022NewsJanaury 2022 Voice: In the past two editions of The Voice, we documented the outstanding long-term investment success of ...
Time for COLA improvements
January 14, 2022Weekly News Update, NewsWeekly Update January 14, 2022: A major focus of our Association is to make improvements to the annual retiree Cost ...
What’s happing in 2022
January 7, 2022News, Weekly News UpdateWeekly uodate: January 7, 2022: Happy New Year! I hope you are well and had a nice holiday season. After ...
Preview of the January 2022 Voice
December 10, 2021Weekly News Update, NewsDECEMBER 10, 2021: As promised, for this week’s video I am joined by Bill Rehrey and Nancy McGovern for ...
Peabody Firefighter Honored Posthumously
November 19, 2021From the Media, NewsNOVEMBER 19, 2021: PEABODY — There were plenty of smiles to go around Wednesday morning at the Fire Department headquarters on ...
Congressman Brady Files WEP Reform Proposal
November 8, 2021Breaking News, NewsMarks 4th WEP/GPO Bill Pending Before House in 2021 NOVEMBER 8, 2021: In the course of a week, the ...
Breaking news on WEP & GPO
November 1, 2021Weekly News Update, NewsEvery so often something unexpected happens in life that has the potential to become truly beneficial. In this case, I ...
Medicare Advantage Marketing Targets Retirees
October 29, 2021Breaking News, NewsMembers Should Not Drop GIC or Municipal Insurance October 29, 2021: Each fall, during the Medicare open enrollment period, a ...
Mass. lawmakers relax decades-old rule to allow public retirees to work more while getting pensions
October 26, 2021From the Media, NewsMassachusetts legislators in recent weeks have loosened 40-year-old limits on how many hours government retirees can work for ...
A 5.9% COLA
October 20, 2021Weekly News Update, News10/15/2021 Weekly Update, By Shawn Duhamel If you have read our September newsletter or watched/read any of ...
What about the WEP?
October 12, 2021NewsOctober 8, 2021By, Shawn DuhamelOn Wednesday we went to press with the November edition of the Voice, which should ...
Work progresses on Beacon Hill
October 1, 2021NewsOctober 1, 2021 Weekly Update: By Chief Executive Officer Shawn DuhamelBefore my brief hiatus in August, I reported to you ...
Benefit Check Delays Continue To Frustrate New Retirees
September 28, 2021NewsSeptember 28, 2021: The "number-one problem" that Mass Retirees President Frank Valeri hears from his members is that it ...
President’s Message: Share the Success!
September 10, 2021NewsSeptember 2021 Voice: There is no question that the tremendous investment success of the Commonwealth and local retirement systems should ...
AGGRESSIVE FUNDING & PROPER INVESTMENT MEET GOALS
September 9, 2021NewsSeptember 2021 Voice: When the proper funding of our 104 public retirement systems began in 1985, the majority of Massachusetts ...
SOCIAL SECURITY WEP REFORM: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
September 8, 2021NewsCoalition Building Drives Congressional Support September 2021 Voice: A critical element to the work being done to pass legislation reforming ...