AFSCME Illinois Retiree Chapter 31

08/25/2026

The dementia vaccine some of us are taking without realising:
The evidence has been quietly building for over a decade.

Now experts can't ignore it August 24, 2026 The fight against dementia is one that science – and humanity – is losing. More than 55 million people live with the condition today. That number is expected to double every 20 years in our ageing population. By 2050, there will be almost 140 million people with dementia, and their care is projected to cost as much as 1 per cent of the global GDP.

Cases are doubling every 20 years, but the race is on – using new and old science – to create a vaccine

08/21/2026

There were more than 200,000 cybercrime complaints made to the FBI in 2025 by victims 60 and older, totaling nearly $8 billion in losses − and those numbers are underreported.

More adult children are becoming liaisons between their parents and their parents' bank accounts as AI makes fraud harder to spot.

08/21/2026

Of the 1,000 U.S. workers surveyed in May, 14% expect to retire at age 70 or older, and 14% don’t expect to fully retire at all.

08/21/2026

Chapter 31 Retiree delegation to the 2026 AFSCME Convention

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

What began as a small group of state workers fighting against the patronage system in Wisconsin 90 years ago has transformed into the AFSCME we know today — a 1.4-million- member labor powerhouse that…