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Voting for delegates will be available electronically Monday, September 24, 2018. Voting ends 11;59 October 5. An email blast will go out to all members if NEA-Alaska has your correct email address. The email blast will include your user name and password needed to access the ballot. There are 37 candidates for 34 seats.  

To be nominated for Delegate Assembly, January 17-19 2019, please complete form, including a brief biography.  Click on link below to download the nomination form: NEA-ALASKA/RETIRED DELEGATE ASSEMBLY NOMINATION FORM Delegates must attend each caucus meeting and all sessions to receive up to $40 per diem for each of the three days. NEA-Alaska/Retired reimburses delegates…

Delegate Assembly nominations are open. The nomination form will be in our summer newsletter which you will receive in a few weeks. Your nomination needs to be postmarked by September 1, 2018, if mailed. Or you may email a nomination no later than September 4, 2018 to makana.bender@neaalaska.org . You can download the nomination form…

On March 17, 2015, Premera Blue Cross/Blue Shield reported a security breach that may have resulted in the loss of sensitive information of their current and former clients. Among those affected are retirees who received coverage when Blue Cross was the carrier for the retired members. Information involved in this incident dates back to 2002. Premera…

Old expressions have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology. These phrases include don’t touch that dial, carbon copy, you sound like a broken record and hung out to dry. Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We’d put on our best bib and tucker and straighten up and…

NEA-Alaska Retired sent 33 delegates to represent us at DA. Stayed tuned for more information and photos.

Aetna has established a concierge line for health insurance and benefit questions. To take advantage of this program, please call 855-784-8646.

Do you know Mary?  We send out a big thank you to Mary for her note and donation.  At a lively 92 years young, she reads all of our mailings and says she appreciates them to “no end.”  She taught in Fairbanks and Dillingham with her last 10 years in Anchorage.  She mentions Gayle Harbo…

Educators, firefighters, police officers, librarians, nurses and other public employees already contribute up to ten percent of their salary towards their pensions, and many do not even get Social Security. Despite this, the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)  penalize people who have dedicated their lives to public education and other public service careers…