Health & Retirement Benefits Committee - California Faculty Association

Who We Are

The Health & Retirement Benefits committee shall:

Advise the CFA Board of Directors and the Assembly on policies, issues, and problems relating to health and retirement benefits.
Recommend to the CFA Bargaining Team contract revisions related to health and retirement benefits.
Review proposed legislation impacting health and retirement benefits and make recommendations for CFA’s position to the Political Action and Legislative Committee.
Serve as a resource on health and retirement benefits for CFA members, including developing information for and communicating with faculty to facilitate better understanding of health and retirement benefits issues.
Monitor potential changes in health and retirement benefits being considered or developed by CalPERS or the legislature.

Stay Informed

Meet the Committee

Rosalinda Quintanar-Sarellana

Chair

San José

Steven Filling

Member

Stanislaus

Meghan O'Donnell

Member

Monterey Bay

Marshelle Thobaben

Member

Humboldt

Important Health & Retirement Benefits Resources for CSU Faculty

Check out these useful webinars, FAQ’s, and presentations about our health and retirement benefits.

Retirement FAQ

CFA Retirement Webinar Power Point Presentation

CFA Retirement Webinar Zoom Recording (November 15th, 2024)

Remain a CFA member after you retire

Congratulations on your retirement. Your valuable contributions have helped our union grow stronger in our mission to protect and represent faculty in the California State University system. We appreciate your strong support of CFA over the years; since our first contract was signed, we have grown to represent more than 29,000 faculty throughout the state.

CFA has a Retired Membership category to allow you to remain an active part of our union. We have a statewide Retired Faculty Committee with a chairperson who brings the concerns of this group to the CFA Board of Directors. Be assured that we keep a close watch on our retirement system! Maintaining your retiree membership is a great way to ensure that CFA can continue to provide protections for faculty rights, improved salary and benefits, and access to a dignified retirement.

Together as a union, we have made great strides in improving working conditions while faculty serve in the university, and in their ability to access a healthy pension when we retire. Your contributions will help us continue those efforts.

CFA dues for retired members are currently $3 per month, or $4.67 per month when coupled with AAUP membership, and are deducted from your PERS retirement check.

Retired members also are eligible and encouraged to contribute to the CFA Political Action Committee fund. For information contact CFA at (916) 441-4848 or gro@calfac.org.

Please note: If you continue to teach in the Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP) or come back to teach for pay at the CSU, you also will pay the normal CFA active dues during the period you are teaching. As a CFA retired member, active membership dues will be deducted from your CSU pay warrant, less the $3/$4.67 retired dues deducted from your monthly PERS check.

Please consider joining as a retired member today. To join, just fill out the retired membership form and return it to the CFA Membership Department. (Mail to: CFA, 1110 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814).

CalPERS Retirees Information

CSU Emeritus Retired Faculty and Staff Association

Who We Are

Stay Informed

Meet the Committee

Rosalinda Quintanar-Sarellana

Chair

Steven Filling

Member

Meghan O'Donnell

Member

Marshelle Thobaben

Member

Important Health & Retirement Benefits Resources for CSU Faculty

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