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CORRE has membership meeting Nov. 8

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The Coalition of Oak Ridge Retired Employees will have its annual meeting on Monday, November 8. The meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. online on Zoom.

CORRE is an organization of retirees that works to improve the welfare of all former employees and surviving spouses of the managing contractors of U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge facilities, a press release said.

The November 8 agenda includes reports about 2021 activities, election of board members and officers, and a report to the CORRE membership from President Dave Whitehead.

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CORRE has annual meeting Monday

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The Coalition of Oak Ridge Retired Employees has its annual meeting today (Monday, October 29).

The meeting is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at the Pollard Technology Conference Center at 210 Badger Avenue in Oak Ridge.

CORRE is an organization of retirees that works to improve the welfare of all former employees and surviving spouses of the various managing contractors of U.S. Department of Energy facilities in Oak Ridge, a press release said.

On the agenda for the Monday afternoon meeting are reports on 2018 activities, election of board members and officers, and a report to the CORRE membership from President Bob Hightower. [Read more…]

Retired DOE contractor employees, spouses have annual meeting Oct. 19

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The Coalition of Oak Ridge Retirees, or CORRE, will have its annual meeting on Monday, October 19.

CORRE is an organization of retirees that works to improve the welfare of more than 12,000 former employees and surviving spouses of the various managing contractors of U.S. Department of Energy facilities in Oak Ridge, a press release said.

The October 19 meeting starts at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Fellowship Church at 121 North Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. Parking is available at the Heritage Fellowship Church.

“All retirees, their spouses, and surviving spouses are urged to attend and are encouraged to bring other retirees,” a press release said. [Read more…]

Protesters object to benefits changes at Y-12

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Y-12 Benefits Protest Becky Montgomery

Protesters object Thursday afternoon to changes to health insurance benefits announced at the Y-12 National Security Complex in October. At center is Becky Montgomery, who retired from Y-12 in June after 35 years.

 

Note: This story was last updated at 10 p.m.

About 150 demonstrators protested outside the Y-12 National Security Complex on Thursday afternoon, objecting to changes in health insurance benefits that could take effect January 1.

The protesters, mostly Y-12 retirees, said they would end up paying much more for fewer benefits. They want the U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration to reverse course.

“We’re here to try to stop it,” said Charlene Edwards, who retired from Y-12 in 2006. [Read more…]

CORRE has annual membership meeting on Monday

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The Coalition of Oak Ridge Retirees will have its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Monday, October 20, at the Heritage Fellowship Church in Oak Ridge.

CORRE is an organization of retirees that works to improve the welfare of more than 12,000 former employees and surviving spouses of the various managing contractors of U.S. Department of Energy facilities in Oak Ridge. All retirees, their spouses, and surviving spouses are urged to attend and are encouraged to bring other retirees, a press release said.

CORRE expects about 200-250 retirees and spouses to attend, and invitations have been extended to members of the East Tennessee congressional delegation. [Read more…]

CORRE president: Pension plan prospects dim now, but future brighter

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CORRE and President Dub Shults

CORRE President Dub Shults, right, tells several hundred federal contractor retirees on Monday that prospects for pension adjustments aren’t good now, but the situation could improve.

Living expenses for essentials such as housing and utilities rose between 37 percent and 72 percent in 14 years, but pensions didn’t increase at all for local retirees of some U.S. Department of Energy contractors.

A local nonprofit organization hopes to change that.

“We must continue to strive for an increase in pensions for all retirees,” said Dub Shults, president of Coalition for Oak Ridge Retired Employees, or CORRE. “This is our basic need.”

During an annual membership meeting Monday, Shults cited factors that have hampered the organization’s requests for pension adjustments for more than 13,000 retirees and surviving spouses of managing contractors of DOE facilities in Oak Ridge. Among those are the July 28 security breach at the Y-12 National Security Complex, tighter budgets, and changes in contractors, pension plans, and leaders at DOE sites in Oak Ridge.

“The answer to our quest for pension adjustments is that prospects are dim,” Shults told several hundred people during the Monday afternoon meeting at the Heritage Fellowship Church in Oak Ridge. “We are not likely to get a pension increase in the foreseeable future.”

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Coalition of Oak Ridge Retired Employees has annual meeting today

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The Coalition of Oak Ridge Retired Employees, also known as CORRE, will have its annual membership meeting at 2 p.m. today.

The meeting is scheduled to include reports on activities this year, election of board members and officers, and a presentation by CORRE President W. D. “Dub” Shults on frequently asked questions.

CORRE is an organization of retirees that works to improve the welfare of more than 12,000 former employees and surviving spouses of the managing contractors of U.S. Department of Energy facilities in Oak Ridge, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (also known as the former K-25 site), and grandfathered employees of WSI and UCOR.

In a press release, CORRE said it expects about 250-350 retirees and their spouses to attend today’s meeting. Members of the Tennessee congressional delegation have been invited to attend.

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