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haele

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11. Parents - Teacher's Union and SEIU

Wed Apr 10, 2024, 09:31 AM

Apr 2024

It was a bit of a rollercoaster for them until Dad got tenure, which was a retirement saver in terms of the additional benefits they were able to access while in their 50's -and after me and my brother were out of the house.
Mom had to become an ex-union member when she became a Graduate Advisor and Assistant to the Dean, but she had a rather nice pension of her own on the books through the union from the period before they transferred to 401ks.

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