Coalition of Retired Employees to Hold Annual Legislative Breakfast Meeting

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“West Virginia’s public retirees have been neglected for far too long.”

The coalition includes the West Virginia Association of Retired School Employees, West Virginia Public Retirement System Association and West Virginia chapters of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees; Communication Workers of America; National Active & Retired Federal Employees; American Federation of Teachers, and National Education Association

Among the legislative goals CORPE members will discuss with legislators are a cost-of-living pension increase and exempting Social Security benefits from personal income tax. 

Legislators are invited to an 8 a.m. breakfast meeting in the Capitol Cafeteria, located in the basement. Members of the media are also welcome to attend and interview.

Who: Coalition of Retired Public Employees

What: Annual CORPE Day Breakfast Meeting

When: Thursday, February 14, at 8 a.m.

Where: Capitol Cafeteria, basement of state Capitol Main Building

We are a group of more than 575 affiliated unions joined together for the common cause of fairness for all workers.

The future of the working men and women of America depends on a strong, united labor movement. The strength of that movement is in our numbers: thousands of men and women united, striving for the same common goals
- fairness, justice, and equality in the workplace.