The Supplemental Health Insurance Program’s 2014 premium notices will be sent in early January to retirees who have not elected to pay premiums via automatic pension deduction.

The American Federation of Teachers hosts periodic conferences, with retirees from all over the country in attendance.

UFT/RTC members who received vacation paychecks for July and August at the end of June may have noticed that deductions were made for UFT dues.

The so-called “Grand Bargain” is back in play. And in Republican hands that always means going after the Affordable Health Care Act, “Obamacare,” and/or entitlements. As the AFL-CIO warns, “for America’s working families, the Grand Bargain is a Grand Bamboozle.”

There is a dynamic among new retirees — after they hang up their school keys — of staying in touch with their work colleagues and friends and that is a good thing.