Retirees

More for you now. More for your future

NTEU Legislated Protections

• Blocked continued attempts to eliminate or reduce retiree COLAs.
• Protected the "HIGH 3" annuity computation formula against repeated attempts to replace it with a "HIGH 5" formula.
• Working towards repeat and/or relaxation of the Social Security windfall reduction and spousal offset which result in unfair benefits reductions for public employees.
• Repeatedly blocked efforts which result in unfair benefits reductions for public employees.
• Repeatedly blocked efforts to raise the federal retirement age from 55 to 65.
• Continues to stress that federal retirees must not lose health care benefits they now have, or pay higher premiums, as a result of any health care reform legislation that is adopted.

NTEU Litigated Protections

• Won restoration of COLAs by challenging the Gramm-Rudman Act. Following NTEU's lawsuit, the Supreme Court fuled the automatic elimination of federal retiree COLAs to be unconstitutional.
• Suing for back pay for special rate employees who were denied annual pay adjustments between 1982 and 1988. The lawsuit also affects any retirees who worked during those years and were classified as "special rate."
• Won back overtime pay, plus liquidated damages or interest, for IRS Revenue Officers, Tax Auditors, and Taxpayer Service Specialists who worked overtime as a GS-9, Step 5 or higher between July 1981 and April 1993. This remedy was available to retired ROs, TAs and TSSs.

NTEU Does More

• As one of NTEU's dues-paying retiree members, you will continue to be well-informed via the monthly NTEU Bulletin.
• NTEU works with retirees for political candidates who support federal employee/retiree issues. As a federal retiree, you are free of the Hatch Act and able to participate in these political and legislative efforts.
• NTEU provides its retired TEPAC donors special updates on current retiree issues.
• NTEU has developed a grassroots base of retirees to alert when grassroots action is needed immediately on a "hot" legislative retiree issue.

  NTEU has fought long and hard to win more for retiree members. Retirees can benefit from NTEU membership by becoming involved in chapter programs that support retiree issues and by taking advantage of NTEU's membership benefit programs.

Retiree membership has its benefits

• Monthly union publication - the NTEU Bulletin
• Attorney Referral Program - low cost legal services.
• Hospital Income Protection (must enroll prior to age 65)
• Flexcare Accident Protection (must enroll prior to age 70)
• The benefits of lobbying, legal, negotiations, professional development and public relations efforts of the most aggressive and fastest growing union in the federal sector - NTEU
• A powerful national voice to represent your needs.
• Two dental programs: Prepaid Dental Network which requires the enrollee to go to a participating dentist and the Traditional Plan where the enrollee may go to the dentist of choice.
• Relocation services regardless of whether you are moving to another city or just across town. Includes mortgage and moving services at substantial discounts, cash rebates on commissioins in some states, and a new elder relocation service.
• Money saving discount programs: Prescription discounts, eyewear and hearing program, vacation discounts, Hotel/Motel and other travel discounts, jewelry, auto care, rental cars, and consumer buying discounts.

Retiree Dues

$42.00 per year, which comes to $3.50 per month
Click here to print out the Authorization for Voluntary Allotments of your retiree Union Dues.