"Retirees and Retirement." NYSUT. A Union of Professionals. http://www.nysut.org Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:07:14 EST Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:07:14 EST 60 en-us Retirees mobilize for health care reform http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13764.htm Health care reform was at the top of the agenda at the annual NYSUT Retiree Contiguous Election District meeting in October.

]]> 0FEA767690DC4067AC84F695AD811B13 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:06:22 EST Goldberg named AFT retiree of the year http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13652.htm A lifetime of pioneering service to her union has earned NYSUT retiree-activist Sheila Goldberg national recognition as the AFT Retiree of the Year.

]]> DE2A2BEB479B4943A67D2B541EC447FE Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:06:14 EST TRS: Claiming prior service? A delay could be costly http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13632.htm I am a newly tenured, career-change teacher in my fourth year. Prior to teaching, I worked as a New York state employee in various government positions and belonged to the Public Employees Federation. I vested after 10.5 years and changed to another career prior to teaching. Can those years of state service be transferred to TRS? If so, what would be the procedure?

]]> 4AB691B2D7FD438E87E6773B0A9D815F Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:04:28 EST ERS: Benefit denied? Consider a hearing http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13633.htm Before the Employees' Retirement System can pay any benefit — whether it's a service retirement, disability retirement or death benefit — we must make sure all the eligibility requirements established by law have been met.

]]> FD3CC71C44364F93B35BEDD707265F97 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:09:27 EST NYSUT's Lubin announces retirement http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13631.htm After four decades of dedicated service as an educator and union activist, NYSUT Executive Vice President Alan Lubin will be retiring in January 2010.

]]> 09BF9CA1492245AA92D9B716A28877C8 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:06:44 EST Ombudsmen advocate for those in long-term care http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13570.htm NYSUT retirees have a long history of volunteering for this program.

]]> 6C6CB3869533467A81F1A355F0DFB642 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:14:16 EST President's Perspective: Closing the gap means closing the circle http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13542.htm After attending a 9/11 first responders news conference in New York City, then driving up to Albany to meet with Gov. Paterson, I was to take the last flight out of Albany through La Guardia to arrive late at night in Washington, D.C., so that I could leave early the next morning to fly to Syracuse, then back to D.C., and then make a flight to Albany early the next morning!

]]> 9072AF351CBA48908FF559A69FB2D5B2 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:44:55 EST Ten-year TRS members: Look at your pay stub http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13521.htm Thanks to union-backed legislation almost 10 years ago, employers must stop deducting the 3 percent contribution for Tier 3 and 4 members who have been retirement system members for 10 years.

]]> BE1F7B47C15348D2A485A3AAFF24792C Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:32:08 EST Health professionals gear up for flu season http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13467.htm Teachers, school nurses, custodians, bus drivers, health professionals and School-Related Professionals all need to be taking steps to prevent spread of H1N1.

]]> 3948B047B79B4A3A960316FC09FD07D4 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:36:27 EST President's Perspective: Taking charge of our professions http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13456.htm In 2005, in my first address as NYSUT president, I told the assembled delegates that "our strength is in our pluralism." I cannot recall a time since that those words have rung as true as they do today.

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