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July 2010 Retiree Notes
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Oral history: Chapter activists recall 25 years of retiree battles
Tell your story - Help in the fight for retirement security
Chapter leaders elected at biennial convention
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July 2010 Retiree Notes
Health insurance hikes stopped; Retirees continue to gain from arbitration decision; Reform closing donut hole; Don Fitch passes
May-June 2010 Retiree Notes
Fighting state's health-care cost shifting to retirees; health care reform helps seniors; DuPage County sub-chapter chartered; support for Resurrection workers.
April 2010 Retiree Notes
Quinn seeks to shift health-care costs to retirees; AFSCME fights dental increases in court; Waller honored; attacks on retirement security likely from new commission; seeking to shed light on long-term care hospitals.
February-March 2010 Retiree Notes
Stimulus grant for seniors; New chapters; Bargaining proposal would aid Cook County retirees; State budget cuts to senior services
January 2010 Retiree Notes
Health care threats; bad arbitration decision; Hall of Fame inductees; Delores Wasmund remembered
November-December 2009 Retiree Notes
State budget woes; Chapter convention; Officers elected; Doris Clark honored; Health-care reform; A "Senior Saint"; Chapter activist heads up Illinois retiree Alliance
October 2009 Retiree Notes
Dental premiums challenged; State aid to seniors cut; Health care questions answered.
August-September 2009 Retiree Notes
Updated Sept. 24: State medical payment delays; Illinois retirees tops in PEOPLE; Chapter 31 lobbies for health reform in DC; Defined-contribution pensions not cheaper; Yates is SERS trustee
July 2009 Retiree Notes
Universal health care; Employee Free Choice; Chester sub-chapter thriving; Social Security COLA out in 2010
Oral history: Chapter activists recall 25 years of retiree battles
A brief history of the trials, tribulations and victories of the union's best retiree chapter.
Tell your story - Help in the fight for retirement security
With a new legislative session around the corner and the looming threat of cuts to pension and retiree health care benefits, Chapter 31 is gathering the stories of AFSCME retirees.
Chapter leaders elected at biennial convention
Convention highlights; Steward honored; Blagojevich pushes prescription imports; SERS seminars set.
Learn more about Retiree Chapter 31
Retirement. You earned it and you have every right to enjoy it with dignity. AFSCME Retiree Chapter 31 is here to help make sure that's possible.
July 2010 Retiree Notes
May-June 2010 On the Move
April 2010 Retiree Notes
February-March 2010 Retiree Notes
January 2010 Retiree Notes
November-December 2009 Retiree Notes
October 2009 Retiree Notes
August-September 2009 Retiree Notes
July 2009 Retiree Notes
Oral history: Chapter activists recall 25 years of retiree battles
Tell your story - Help in the fight for retirement security
Chapter leaders elected at biennial convention
Learn more about Retiree Chapter 31