CEA-RETIRED

CEA-Retired members gather for their first-ever Holiday Open House, where they put the finishing touches on this year’s Holiday Bear Project.

As Connecticut’s 2025 legislative session kicks off next month, CEA-Retired is gearing up to play a pivotal role in advocating for teachers and public education.

“We cannot do what we do without the work of our retired educators,” CEA President Kate Dias told CEA-Retired members at their annual fall meeting.

At their annual Spring Business Meeting CEA-Retired members gathered to make changes to their constitution, elect representatives, learn the latest on state and federal legislation, and hear remarks from NEA-Retired president Anita Gibson.

After more than three decades in the classroom—11 years in Mansfield and 20 in Hebron—CEA-Retired member Althea Carr has blazed a few trails. She was the first in her local education association to participate in an NEA Representative Assembly and the only teacher of color in her district.

Voters turned out in cities and towns across Connecticut yesterday. Thank you to all of you who voted in local elections and made your voice heard.

CEA-Retired’s annual fall conference provided members with the opportunity to connect with one another and hear from CEA and CEA-Retired leaders about legislation the organizations will be pushing in Congress and the State Legislature this year.

CEA-Retired has endorsed two members to represent you on the State Teachers’ Retirement Board—a board that is critical to the successful administration of your teacher pension and retiree healthcare benefits. 

More than 125 retired educators gathered at the Aqua Turf on May 17 for the CEA-Retired Annual Spring Business Meeting to hear about legislative and Congressional updates regarding teacher retirement as well as other issues relevant to retired and active educators.

She spent 37 years in Wolcott, teaching middle school math, 6th grade, and elementary gifted and talented. She got involved with her local teacher’s union, the WEA, early, and served many years as their president.

CEA-Retired President William Murray, who attended the three-day event, said, “The focus of the NEA-Retired Conference was to illustrate and enhance the importance of the retired membership. We want active and retired members to know that retired teachers are a vital contributing group within NEA. We represent 11% of the association’s total membership.”

Social Security has announced that they will be granting a cost of living increase of 1.3% for the current year. Based on the statutes governing Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for CTRB members, the Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Board will be granting COLA as follows.

Are you affected by the Government Pension Offset (GPO) or the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)? Please share your story by contacting us!

Whether you’re a Yankees fan or you root for the Sox, teachers are on the winning side with both teams offering teacher appreciation day games this season!

Every educator who taught through the pandemic had to improvise to make instruction meaningful while keeping students safe and engaged. For Carol Rossetti (pictured at right with her grandson), that…

NEA-Retired President Sarah Borgman presented CEA-Retired members with the NEA-Retired Spotlight Award for best retiree news in a state publication.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, CEA-Retired members are still meeting, volunteering, and staying engaged—virtually. At the CEA-Retired Annual Fall Conference yesterday nearly 200 retirees joined a Zoom call to hear the…

When folks fill out their application for retirement, whether deliberately trying to keep their personal e-mail address less available or because they think the form deals with teaching, they use…

A change to the retired teachers’ health insurance program that was adopted by the State Teachers’ Retirement Board (TRB) th9is month will impact retired teachers and spouses who are on—or will soon be on—the TRB’s Medicare supplement (65 and older) plan.

Attend a CEA-Retired County Meeting and stay connected to the latest news and developments that impact you in your retirement years.

“As you know, many groups out there in the wider world, don’t like unions but they also don’t like pensions. They’re out to cut down pensions and undermine them in…

Elections and activism took center stage at today’s CEA-Retired meeting at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington, where members voted for leaders to represent them and learned more about federal…

In an overwhelming turnout for Retired Teachers Lobby Day, hundreds of former Connecticut educators gathered at the Legislative Office Building this morning to meet with their elected officials about issues…

Bob Brown has been an advocate for children, teachers, public education, peace, and justice for his entire adult life. Why? In his words, “I grew up in a very difficult…

“Today is a very special day—not only because we’re here together in an air conditioned space instead of in a hot and humid classroom,” CEA President Jeff Leake told members…

“Those of you who went to retired lobby day, who reached out to your legislators, I can’t thank you enough,” CEA Executive Director Donald Williams told members of CEA-Retired gathered…

NEA Today is featuring retired educators who are still making a difference—and one of those highlighted is Connecticut’s own Jon-Paul Roden. A former CEA-Retired president, Roden was recently elected to…