THANK YOU! You did it! New York State Retirement Plan Changes
UPSEU is urging our members in New York State to call on your local legislators to fix Tier 6 of the Employees’ Retirement System, which went into effect in 2012. Unfortunately, Tier 6 requires local government and state employees in New York State to pay more for their retirement for a longer period, only to a receive significantly smaller benefit than employees in other pension tiers.
Many of our hardworking and dedicated members have pensions covered under Tier 6 and UPSEU believes strongly that Tier 6 needs to be fixed immediately, which would bring equity with the other tiers of the Employee’s Retirement System. This is critical to provide an equitable retirement equitable retirement across the public workforce in New York State, as well as for the retention and recruitment of employees in local government positions throughout the state. The time to act for the New York State Legislature is now!
It is vital that the local legislators here directly from employees regarding the need for them to address this inequity related to Tier 6 of the Employees’ Retirement System. Please take a moment to call and/or email your local legislators to let them know you are demanding immediate action to fix these inequities on behalf of our public workforce in New York State.
You can find your local legislator by following the below steps:
Find your State Assembly Representative:
- Find your State Assembly representative by going to https://nyassembly.gov/ and click on “Who is My Assemblymember” at the top right of the page.
- Enter your address on the following page, which will produce a pop-up box with your representative.
- Click on “Visit Assemblymember’s page” then click the “Contact” link to send an email to your Assembly Member.
Find your State Senator:
- Find your State Senator by going to https://nysenate.gov/ and click on “Find Your Senator,” close to the top of the page.
- Enter your address on the following page. If you complete a profile, your Senator will appear at the top of the page, but you can also complete a form without registering for a profile.
- Contact your Senator using the link provided.
Your voice matters and you can truly help us make a difference by urging the New York State Legislature to fix the inequities, which exist in Tier 6 of the Employee’s Retirement System with New York State.
|