To join Sno-King School Retirees and our state organization Washington State School Retirees Association contact our Membership Chair Jim Siscel at 425-778-7202 or asjs68@earthlink.net. He will send you information about the two organizations and a membership form. When contacting Jim please tell him if you are still employed in the field of education or if you are retired, so he can send you the appropriate membership form.
These two organizations represent classified and certified educational employees in the PERS, SERS, and TRS retirement systems.
The Sno-King School Retirees (SKSR) unit represents 1300+ members in Edmonds, Northshore, and Shoreline school districts. SKSR and the Washington State School Retirees' Association (WSSRA), our state organization, want you to become a member of our associations. WSSRA is the only group in the state lobbying on behalf of retired and active educational employees. There are over 18,000 members in 29 local units around Washington.
The question is why should you become a member? The answer is that we are the organization in Olympia lobbying for improvements to and projection of YOUR pension benefits. If retirees and school employees don't care about improving and protecting their retirement benefits it will not happen. For current employees if you have 10 or more years of education service you are vested in the retirement system and at some point can draw retirement pay even if you leave teaching before your official retirement age.
In order to meet the state budget shortfall the Legislature has attempted and been successful in cutting into your benefits. If we don't ask for improvements, reinstatement of benefits and protection of your benefits, your pension and mine will slowly fade away.
Currently the WSSRA legislative priorities are: 1. Have the State make the actuarially recommended pension payment to the state pension funds. 2. Restore the State’s Medicare Eligible Healthcare Benefit to the full $183 per month. 3. Maintain the PERS/TRS 2 defined benefit retirement plan for future school employees. 4. Make Plan 2 the default pension plan for new teachers who do not pick a retirement plan. 5. Restore a cost of living adjustment for Plan 1 retirees at the earliest possible date. 6. Improve the Plan 1 Alternative Minimum Benefit for lowest income retirees.
Locally, your dues do additional work awarding $8,000 in educator grants to those currently working with children. We award four $1500 initial scholarship renewable at $1500 for un to an additional three years to high school seniors in the three districts who will be majoring in the field of education.
Please join so that you will have a voice for your retirement benefits. Every member that joins adds to the total membership of the organization. A large membership is important because:
Membership = Money = Power = Influence on the Legislature = Change
The cost to be a member is $7 a month of which $2 is returned to our unit. This amount is paid in a monthly pay-roll deduction.
These two organizations represent classified and certified educational employees in the PERS, SERS, and TRS retirement systems.
The Sno-King School Retirees (SKSR) unit represents 1300+ members in Edmonds, Northshore, and Shoreline school districts. SKSR and the Washington State School Retirees' Association (WSSRA), our state organization, want you to become a member of our associations. WSSRA is the only group in the state lobbying on behalf of retired and active educational employees. There are over 18,000 members in 29 local units around Washington.
The question is why should you become a member? The answer is that we are the organization in Olympia lobbying for improvements to and projection of YOUR pension benefits. If retirees and school employees don't care about improving and protecting their retirement benefits it will not happen. For current employees if you have 10 or more years of education service you are vested in the retirement system and at some point can draw retirement pay even if you leave teaching before your official retirement age.
In order to meet the state budget shortfall the Legislature has attempted and been successful in cutting into your benefits. If we don't ask for improvements, reinstatement of benefits and protection of your benefits, your pension and mine will slowly fade away.
Currently the WSSRA legislative priorities are: 1. Have the State make the actuarially recommended pension payment to the state pension funds. 2. Restore the State’s Medicare Eligible Healthcare Benefit to the full $183 per month. 3. Maintain the PERS/TRS 2 defined benefit retirement plan for future school employees. 4. Make Plan 2 the default pension plan for new teachers who do not pick a retirement plan. 5. Restore a cost of living adjustment for Plan 1 retirees at the earliest possible date. 6. Improve the Plan 1 Alternative Minimum Benefit for lowest income retirees.
Locally, your dues do additional work awarding $8,000 in educator grants to those currently working with children. We award four $1500 initial scholarship renewable at $1500 for un to an additional three years to high school seniors in the three districts who will be majoring in the field of education.
Please join so that you will have a voice for your retirement benefits. Every member that joins adds to the total membership of the organization. A large membership is important because:
Membership = Money = Power = Influence on the Legislature = Change
The cost to be a member is $7 a month of which $2 is returned to our unit. This amount is paid in a monthly pay-roll deduction.
