Advocacy After Retirement

If you retire and stop working for the State of Wyoming or the Laramie County School District #1, we don't stop working for you.  As a retired member, you can keep many of your benefits including the insurance benefits we offer.  Our retired members continue to contribute guidance to the organization and are represented directly on our board of directors. While lobbying makes up most of our Legislative Action,  our membership votes on resolutions to guide our actions on legislation. But even more importantly, we continue to work with groups like the AARP in coalitions to benefit our retired members. We cooperate with other like-minded organizations to organize townhalls on topics like state pensions and benefits that are important to those still working and those that have already retired.  A healthy pension system and cost of living increases are critical to our retirees and our state.

For example, The Wyoming Coalition for a Healthy Retirement System believes that all workers deserve to retire with dignity. We work to preserve and protect the financial security of all retirees in the Wyoming Retirement System (WRS). Public employees in Wyoming put aside a piece of every paycheck to fund the WRS. WPEA has contributed to produce a short, two-minute, video on the Wyoming Retirement System.  The Wyoming map below shows what public retirees contribute annually to local economies, which shows how important their earnings are in supporting local economies.

Please don't let your membership drop when you retire, because we think you'll want and need the WPEA even more.  Call to hear about our special retiree dues to keep us working for you.