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OSEA Conference 2025 was held at the Holiday Inn Jantzen Beach on 26-28 June 2025. Your ROSE delegation consisting of Bonnie Luisi, Merlene Martin, Tim Stoelb, Missy Johnson, Everice Moro, Gloria Lundin, Susan Hardy, Kathryn Riegger, Bob Bradetich and Delores Piersol were there to conduct the business of OSEA.  Three categories of action items were…

On Friday, July 4, President Trump signed the Republican Budget Reconciliation bill into law. The Alliance for Retired Americans strongly condemns this legislation because of its harmful effects on older Americans, including cutting nearly half a trillion dollars from Medicare and just under a trillion dollars in Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for corporations…

They’re out there looking for their next target. The goal of scammers is to separate their unwitting victims, often those that are not technically savvy, from their PII, including names, addresses, social security numbers, financial data, and other such information. Given this information scammers will seek to drain the victim’s bank accounts and run their…

FYI  There are several all over the state so click on the Hands Off mobilize feed to join up with a group Upcoming Day of Action This coming Saturday, April 5 has been designated as a national “Hands Off” Day of Action and mass mobilization and Labor is showing up in a BIG WAY. Donald…

National Slam The Scam Day is March 6th. Help protect your loved ones and people in your community this Slam the Scam Day by:   Report Social Security-related scams to the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

Two Democratic state senators and the advocacy group Divest Oregon are backing a bill to curb fossil fuel investments in the state’s public pension system Democratic lawmakers and environmentalists are calling on the Oregon Treasury to pause new pension investments into private assets and private equity funds invested in fossil fuel companies and projects. You…

Tim Stoelb has assumed his new duties as Secretary-Treasurer for ROSE effective July 1st. The OSEA Board of Directors approved Missy Johnson to take his place as Zone 1 Coordinator during their recent board retreat. Missy worked as an Education Assistant in Astoria prior to her retirement. Please give her a warm welcome! Updates to…

ROSE meeting dates for FY 2024-25 have been set.  Meetings are held on a monthly basis on the first Friday of each month. All ROSE members are invited to attend these meetings.  Depending on circumstances, meetings are conducted either in person or virtual.  In Person meetings are from 10:30am-2:00pm.  Virtual meetings are from 2:00pm-3:00pm.  If…

Our annual Retiree Picnic was held Monday, August 5 in the beautiful backyard of Everice and David Moro of Portland, Oregon.  The taco bar themed event was a huge success and was attended by 27  retired union friends from OSEA and AFT Oregon.  It was great to see everyone and get caught up with those…

On Friday, July 26th, ROSE launched a new monthly electronic newsletter titled the ROSE Review. This email contains subject matter that our members indicated may be useful to them. In this inaugural launch, we provided information on PERS, Social Security, Medicare, article links for seniors, an OSEA Conference summary, Union Plus Member Benefits and an…