| July/Aug. 2018 |
- Annual Meeting Highlights
- From Your President Susan Levy
- Glenda Hanson: Make New Friends; Keep the Old
- Elaine Berman: AFT East Coast - West Coast
- Carla Shafer: Keeping Unions Strong
- Ross Rieder and Burt Weston: Notes from Your E-Board
- Susan Levy: Retirees in Action
- Jobs for Seniors
- Washington State Attorney General's Office on Scamming Seniors
- Want to Help at Fraud Call Center?
- Glenda Hanson: Got News?
- Susan Levy: New AFT Benefits
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| Winter 2017 |
- Ross Rieder Retires
- Remembering Mary Hale
- Executive Board Highlights
- You Can Help with Planning Ahead
- How Do I Explain
- Union Makes Change
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| July/Aug 2017 |
- Here's a Recap of the Annual Meeting!
- Retiree Action in Brief
- Political Action & Planning
- Trump's Triumph
- Democrats & Trump's Supporters
- Social Security Representation
- Dave McCourt on Baseball & America
- Barbara Bartz: Understanding the Other Side
- Edith Wollin: Learning to Love Alexa
- Roger Carlstrom: The End
- Our Newsletter Contributors, 2010-17
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| April/May 2017 |
- Plan to attend the annual meeting on May 19!
- Susan Levy on Social Security & Medicare
- Bill Faller and the Mariners
- Spanish in America
- Pet Trust
- An Excerpt from an NPR Interview with Senator Chuck Schumer
- Feelings about Issues Override Reason & Evidence
- Mike Harves on his Struggles with ED & GT
- Inga Wiehl: Village Networks
- Rachael Levine: Early Child Care Programs at Seattle College
- Ross Rieder on an Extraordinary Man
- Roger Carlstrom: The Oregon Trail
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| Jan/Feb 2017 |
- Much Work Lies Ahead
- Retiree Action in Brief
- Date for Next Annual Meeting
- Seattle Central College, 50 Years Ago
- Janet Ray: Reflections on a College Legacy
- Astrida Onat on The First Year
- Michael Kischner: Something Big
- Marcia Barton: The Pleasant Surprise
- From the "Twitterverse"
- Impact > Intent
- Don't Be LIke Them!
- Ross Rieder & Sinclair Lewis
- Gail Pearlman: We Must Resist!
- Marilyn Smith: Seeing What We Don't Often See
- Roger Carlstrom on Archives, Paper, & Thumb Drives
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| Oct/Nov 2016 |
- There's Much to Know about Social Security and Medicare, and Much to be Done to Improve Them
- Retiree Action in Brief
- AFTWA 2016 General Election Endorsements
- Rosemary Thurston on EpiPen & Medicare
- David Remnick on Donald Trump
- Seattle Central College Going on 50
- Entries from the Editor's Inbox
- Ross Rieder with More about Solidarity Day, 1981
- David McCourt on His Life So Far
- Roger Carlstrom: The Presidential Campaign
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| July/Aug 2016 |
- Retiree Chapter Annual Meeting
- Retiree Action in Brief
- Glenda Hanson on COPE & the Primaries
- Two Poems by Elaine Smith
- Jelani Cobb on Charleston One Year Later
- Mann & Ornstein on the Future and on the Present-day Republican Party
- J.M. Gilbert's Short History of Civilization
- Ross Rieder on the Dearth of Labor History in the Schools
- Sid Smith: Prospero's Farewell
- Michael Kischner on National Monuments
- Roger Carlstrom on Mann & Ornstein
- COPE Contribution Form
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| April/May 2016 |
- Retiree Chapter Annual Meeting
- Retiree Action in Brief
- Glenda Hanson on COPE
- Rosemary Thurston: Make Drug Prices Negotiable!
- Mary Hale Sings the COLA Blues
- "Microagression" in Higher Education
- Al Brisbois's Chronicle
- How will the Mariners Do?
- Ross Rieder: Solidarity Day 1981
- Jeffrey Toobin on Justice Scalia
- Marcia Barton on Throwing Rocks
- Roger Carlstrom on ODR
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| Jan/Feb 2016 |
- Mary Hale on Initiative 735
- Glenda Hanson: Join COPE in 2016
- National AFT Executive Council: Vote for Hillary!
- SAVE Benefits Act Introduced in The Senate
- K. Ann McCartney on White Privilege
- Flicks for Pols
- How Universities Have Changed Over 20 Years
- Ross Rieder: Professors Out to Lunch
- Three Poems by Rachael Levine
- Mary Hale on Retirement Years Not Turning Out to Be What We Expect
- Marilyn Smith on Love
- Roger Carlstrom: "Fictive Language" in Our Lives
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| Oct/Nov 2015 |
- Mary Hale on the Volunteer Work of the Chapter Executive Board
- Glenda Hanson on Social Security, Medicare, & Student Loans
- Scrap the Cap!
- Karen Strickland Reflects on August 8 in Seattle
- "Silver Alert" News
- Initiative 735 & Citizens United
- Kathy Long on the Service of the People's Memorial Association
- Giles Shephard on the Surprises in Retirement
- Norm Lindquist: Patching Some Holes
- Ross Rieder on What He's Reading
- Michael Kischner on "Old and "Older"
- Roger Carlstrom: What Happens to All that Money?
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| July/Aug 2015 |
- Annual Meeting Highlights
- Mary Hale Thanks Ross Rieder
- Medicare 50th Birthday Celebration in Spokane
- Social Security & Medicare Decades of Success Celebration in Seattle
- Special Note from Susan Levy
- Rosemary Thurston on Secondary Health Insurance
- Judy Kjellman: Part Time Teaching & Retirement
- Michael T. Harves Goes for It
- Lucy Macneil on Taking One Small Step
- Roger Carlstrom on Dilbert
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| April/May 2015 |
- Take Note - The Annual Meeting is Coming UP!
- Proposed Bylaws Amendment
- PNLHA Conference
- What to Expect from the Mariners
- Bill Faller to be Honored
- Marcia Barton on "Advisories"
- A February Vacation in Alabama
- Ross Rieder Looks Back
- A Poem by Angelica Guillen
- Mary Hale on the Legislature
- Marilyn Smith on the Life Inside
- Roger Carlstrom: The Voting Rights Act in Yakima
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| Jan/Feb 2015 |
- The Legacy Workshop was a Hit!
- Mary Hale on the Workshop
- Fair Pay for Women Campaign
- Three Poems by Sandra Schroeder
- Gary London Reflects on Ten Years of Retirement
- Michael Kischner & Sid Smith on Trigger Warnings
- Ross Rieder on the American Labor Movement
- Roger Carlstrom: Alan Dershowitz & The Declaration of Independence
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| Oct/Nov 2014 |
- Don't Miss the Upcoming "Personal Legacy" Interactive Workshop!
- Let Us Hear From You!
- Rachael Levine on Initiatives 591 & 594
- Mary Hale: Bait & Switch in the Legislature
- Kristin Elia's Path to Victory
- J.B. Hanna on Not Voting in the 4th Congressional District
- Social Security & the "Guardians of Privilege"
- Big Win for Everett CC Counselors
- Voices from Yakima on Trigger Warnings: Linda Clein Brown, Duane Reed, & Sid Smith
- Ross Rieder on the Roosevelts
- Al Brisbois on Apology & Forgiveness in Tacoma
- Roger Carlstrom: The Myth of E Pluribus Unum
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| July/Aug 2014 |
- We Had a Delightful Annual Meeting!
- Here are the Results of Our Membership Survey
- Mary Hale on Politics
- Save the Date for an Interactive Workshop on Your Personal Legacy
- Robby Stern on Progess with Social Security
- Burt Weston on Landmines & the Electoral College
- Ruth McCormick on Spies & More
- Mary Hale : Living with Alzheimer's Disease
- Rachael Levine on Today
- Marcia Barton: Monks & the NRA
- Roger Carlstrom on Speech, Privacy & Donald Sterling
- Ross Rieder on Joining the Union
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| April/May 2014 |
- It's spring - it's time for The Annual Meeting!
- Look for our opinion survey in April
- Update on the Contribution Campaign
- Cautionary Note on Medicare
- Penelope Lively Celebrates her 81st Birthday
- Mary Hale's Updates
- Michael Kischner on David Brooks
- Carol Hamilton on The Seattle Labor Chorus
- Marilyn Smith on Things
- Roger Carlstrom on The Boys in the Boat
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| Jan/Feb 2014 |
- Rita Smilkstein Returns to the Chapter Executive Board
- I'm Dedicated to Being an Educator
- Normal Forgetfulness & Memory Loss
- Mary Hale's Political Report
- The Boeing Pension Issue and Responses to It by Michael T. Harves and Ross Rieder
- Jackie Herum on Caregiving & Advocacy
- Roger Carlstrom on Life
- A Note on Links to Internet Sites
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| Oct/Nov 2013 |
- AFT's Reclaiming the Promise
- The ARA & Medicare
- Help with Nursing Home Problems
- Susan Levy on Discrimination in Religiously Affiliated Medical Facilities
- Ross Rieder: A Progress Report
- Elaine Smith Defends the Yakima River Basin Water Plan
- J. Kaye Faulkner: Egypt 46 Years Ago
- Nancy Moore on Fashion in Retirement
- Roger Carlstrom on Cribbage
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| July/Aug 2013 |
- Robby Stern Showed Us the Way at the Annual Meeting, by Rosemary Thurston
- Remembrances of Will Parry & Larry Kenney by Ross Rieder, Al Brisbois, Susan Levy, & Rachael Levine
- Mary Hale's Take on the Legislative Sessions
- Notes from the Annual Meeting
- Phyllis Topham on Getting the Attention of Generation X
- Roger Carlstrom Ponders "Geezerhood"
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| April/May 2013 |
- May 14 is the Date of Our Annual Meeting!
- Susan Levy & Mary Hale: A Proposal
- Proposed Bylaws Amendment
- Ross Rieder on Anniversaries
- Mary Hale: The COLA Suit and the Legislature
- John James on Another Anniversary
- Marilyn Smith: The Root Cause
- Roger Carlstrom: Puzzled
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| Jan/Feb 2013 |
- We'll be 10 in May!
- Ross Reider: What We've Done
- Our Charter Members
- Rachael Levine: Doors We've Opened
- Mary Hale: Retiree Political Involvement & Good COLA news
- Rosemary Thurston on Retirement as a Work in Progress
- Elaine Smith: Water Enhancement in the Yakima River Basin
- Roger Carlstrom: In Memory of Mildred McBride
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