Retirees

Make your voice heard during the Fix Tier 2 Week of Action: April 29-May 1

From April 29 - May 1, AFSCME and We Are One are holding a week of action, including sending calls and emails into legislators’ offices to let them know they must fix Tier 2 before the session is over.

Make your voice heard during the Fix Tier 2 Week of Action: April 29-May 1

AFSCME’s fight to protect our Social Security data from Elon Musk posts another win

Our union’s fight to protect our personal, sensitive Social Security data from falling into Elon Musk’s hands notched a significant victory last week.

AFSCME’s fight to protect our Social Security data from Elon Musk posts another win

Musk wants to compel seniors to come to X for Social Security information

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is moving all of its public communications off its website and onto the social media site owned by billionaire and DOGE leader Elon Musk, according to reporting from Wired.

Musk wants to compel seniors to come to X for Social Security information

Keeping up the fight to fix Tier 2

AFSCME and our allies in the We Are One Illinois coalition are vowing to carry the fight for pension fairness forward into the spring legislative session, but it’s going to take the involvement of every AFSCME member to get it over the finish line.

Keeping up the fight to fix Tier 2

Retiree Notes: Winter 2025

Concerns grow over nominee to lead Medicare and Medicaid

Donald Trump has nominated Mehmet Oz—more commonly known by his TV moniker “Dr.

Retiree Notes: Winter 2025