Texas

Over 140 Texas retirees travelled to Austin for the founding convention of the Texas Retired Public Employee Council, AFSCME Retiree Chapter 12. The delegates elected officers, adopted a constitution and passed resolutions to protect retiree pensions and health care coverage and defend Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. A wide range of speakers addressed the crowd including Ann Fuelberg-Bishop, Exec. Dir. of the Employees Retirement System (ERS); State Representative Donna Howard; Linda Chavez-Thompson, former Exec. Vice-President of the AFL-CIO and Steve Regenstreif, the National Director of AFSCME Retirees.