The AFSCME Retiree Program, which began operation in 1980, is an expanding national network of retired public sector workers. In the last ten years, the Program's membership has tripled, growing from 60,000 to over 200,000 dues-paying retirees in 36 chapters and 250 local sub-chapters.

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Membership Eligibility

Membership is open to all retired public employees who were members of AFSCME or who were eligible to be members while working. Spouses are also eligible to join and are encouraged to participate in retiree activities

Benefits

Members receive an official membership card from the International as well as a subscription to AFSCME's national magazine, the Public Employee, which features a page devoted to retiree issues. Retiree members also receive the Retiree Program's quarterly newsletter, PrimeTime.

AFSCME extends to the retirees any benefit in the AFSCME Advantage program. Currently, these include the MasterCard, low-cost life insurance, discount legal services, and low-interest mortgages, among others. If a working member retires and wants to continue these benefits, the retiree must join an AFSCME Retiree Chapter

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