If you’ve heard me speak before, you’ve probably heard me talk about my mom. She taught second grade for 42 years, most of that time in the Somerdale School District, and she loved being an educator.
The Monmouth County Retired Education Association (MCREA) received a national award for its interactive quarterly newsletter at the National Education Association Retired (NEA-R) Convention in Denver, Colorado in July.
If you choose to work after retirement, you should review the fact sheet provided by the Division of Pensions and Benefits: Post-Retirement Employment Restrictions (Fact Sheet #86) before accepting any positions.
Last spring, the State Legislature introduced a bill to eliminate IRMAA (Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount) benefits.
My Fellow Members, This week NJREA’s membership surpassed 23,000 members, an increase of 604 members.
The valuation reports for the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) and the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF) were released in March.
All current active pension system members can view their pension accounts and other important information through the web-based MBOS account.
Every spring, NJREA members receive a letter asking them to contribute to PAC, the legal political avenue that allows NJEA to participate in campaigns and elections.
To support the NJREA initiative of recruiting more members to join the union, the NJREA 2026-2027 budget will reflect that commitment by including more money for membership promotion.
The NJREA Executive Committee along with NJEA Deputy Executive Director Denise Graff Policastro and NJEA Secretary-Treasurer Tina Dare traveled from freezing cold New Jersey to an unprecedented heatwave in Phoenix, Arizona, to present at the NEA-Retired Conference: Resilience, Respect, Power, Saving Public Education and Our Democracy.