Why are we so passionate in our responsibility to you?
- Post 1992 Retirees lost over $100,000 in lifetime COLA benefits. (We WON BACK)
- Insurance costs are rising faster than inflation.
- Our pension liabilities have gown over $2,000,000,000 during the past two years to above $5,200,000,000.
- BONDING/COLA $s PAYS OFF DEBT (WE WON)
- Our pension checks will exceed $1 Billion this year alone
- There is $13.4 Billion in our pension system today
- SYSTEM WILL SOON HAVE $15 BILLION (WE WON)
The Southern Fairfield County Retired Teachers’ Association:
- Has over 1,500 retired teacher members
- Is designed to protect your pension, insurance, and cost of living benefits
- Leads Statewide Committee on insurance
- And, we make your concerns known to the state legislature as well as the Teacher Retirement Board
- We must join together to protect our benefits or we could lose them
A Better Organization:
- Represents only retired teachers
- Attends all Teacher Retirement Board meetings in Hartford
- Created 1st retired teacher website
- Produced 1st commercials on issues related to retired teachers
- Supports Politicians that back our concerns
- Succeeded in having State Legislature pass our designed HB6141
- Give $2,500 worth of scholarships a year
- Affiliated with Association of Retired Teacher of Connecticut
Southern Fairfield County Retired Teachers’ Association
Join our members today to start protecting your retirement benefits