Retirees

Tier 2: Your questions answered

Q: Which Illinois public sector pension funds have two tiers of benefits?

A: All of them! SERS, SURS, TRS, IMRF, Cook County, City of Chicago (actually has three), and all police and firefighter funds.

Tier 2: Your questions answered

Retiree Notes: Fighting back against Social Security cuts

Fighting back against Social Security cuts

Former President Donald Trump recently suggested that, if elected, his administration will make cuts to Social Security, Medicare and other federal programs that seniors rely on. 

Retiree Notes: Fighting back against Social Security cuts

Retiree Notes: Supporting a Prescription Drug Affordability Board

Photo: Members of Sub-chapter 55 donated to the Shawneetown Public Library, a public service near and dear to their chapter.

Supporting a Prescription Drug Affordability Board

Retiree Notes: Supporting a Prescription Drug Affordability Board

Save DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center

The DeKalb County Board will consider a resolution to sell the county's public nursing home to a for-profit company.

Save DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center

50 years after marching with MLK

This Black History Month we honor the foundational contributions of Chicagoan James Riley, former sanitation worker and AFSCME member in Memphis who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968.

50 years after marching with MLK