Cost Of Living Adjustment Legislation continues to be a Key Priority Issue for PSEA and PSEA-Retired. 

Our pre-Act 9 retirees (retired before July 2001) drastically need a COLA! The PA General Assembly has not approved COLA legislation since 2002. 

The PA House of Representatives passed House Bill 411 on 4/9/2025.  This bill is currently in the Senate Finance Committee (as of 4/21/25).

The PA House State Government Committee passed House Bill 408 on March 17, 2025. This bill has not gone before the full House for a vote (as of 4/21/2025).  

Watch for PSEA Alerts (email) and contact your local LEGISLATORS and ask them to SUPPORT and PASS a COLA for our pre-Act 9 members.
• https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb0408
• https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb0411 
• Keep informed at www.psea.org/COLA.

The Spring Midwestern Region PSEA-Retired Meeting dates are set.  Registration details can be found in your March County newsletter.

Beaver - April 2

Butler - April 8

Clarion - April15

Lawrence - April 23

Mercer - April 24

The annual "Update for Retirees" on the PSERS HOP plan will be on October 27th.  This is for members who selected (or are interested in) the Health Options Plan offered by our PA School Employees Retirement System.  Check your fall county newsletter for details on registering or call the MW Region Office at 800.942.8025.

The Midwestern Region PSEA-Retired Annual Picnic will be on Thursday, September 4th at the MW Region Office.  This is our "Back to School, But Not for Us!" social event.  

Twenty Midwestern Region PSEA-Retired members attended the PSEA-Retired House of Delegates in Harrisburg on April 8 & 9, 2024.  You will be electing your County delegates for April 2026 during your Fall 2025 County meeting.

The next PSEA House of Delegates is scheduled for May 16-17 in Pittsburgh.  Representing Midwestern Region PSEA-Retired will be Terri Majors (Region delegate), Marcie Agostinelli (Region delegate).

The 2025 NEA-Retired Annual Meeting and the NEA Representative Assembly will be held in June and July of 2025 in Portland, Oregon.  Our two Midwestern Region PSEA-Retired delegates will be Terri Majors and Marcie Agostinelli.  Reports from both meetings will be emailed to MW Region PSEA-Retired members in late July.

Active members can join as Pre-Retired members now.  Members retiring this year can join now.  Contact your PSEA Region Office or ask you local president for information.

The PA Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Through PSEA's Political Action Committee for Education (PACE), your colleagues interview and recommend candidates who support public education.  Please support these candidates and encourage your family, friends, and colleagues to do the same. 

Visit the School House Ballot website to find out who the PSEA-PACE recommended candidates are for the election.

https://schoolhouseballot.com/

 Congratulations to Midwestern Region PSEA-Retired for receiving the Marsili Award from PSEA-Retired for the largest percentage of increase in members during 2015-2016 and again in 2017-2018.

L to R - Patsy Tallarico (State VP), Linda Morrison (IPD), Ed Zipay (MW Region Pres.), Mary Moran (State Pres.), Carl Rieffanaugh (State 2nd VP). and Joanne Alaica (Communications).

Visit the PSEA website (Members link) for access to PSEA Wear.  

https://www.psea.org/for-members/member-resources2/psea-wear/

 PSEA-Retired delegates at the 2017 NEA-Retired and NEA Representative Assembly meetings in Boston. 

Please visit the PSEA Action Center page for information on proposed legislation. 

https://www.psea.org/issues-action/action-center/contact-your-legislators/ 

Check your email for PSEA Critical Alerts on pending issues. Take Action by calling, visiting or emailing your local legislators.  

Thanks to PSEA Vice President Dolores McCracken and Judge Deborah Kunselman for speaking with members at the May 17, 2017 Midwestern Region PSEA-Retired meeting.  Thanks also to our Midwestern Region ESP members for helping at the ESP House of Delegates.

We have a closed facebook page for our members.  Ask to join the PSEA-Retired, Midwestern Region page on facebook.

Check out the PSERS site for information on your Retirement System.

 http://www.psers.state.pa.us/pfr/pfr.htm

Congratulations to Mercer County PSEA-Retired on their Newsletter Award from the National Education Association (NEA).  Ed Zipay accepted the award at the NEA-Representative Assembly in Washington, DC in June of 2016.