Emeriti Association (UCBEA)

About the Emeriti Association

The UC Berkeley Emeriti Association serves a critical function for its members. The association serves as a watchdog and advocate, helping ensure that a level of benefits appropriate to retiree needs is maintained by campus and statewide University of California administrators. A strong and large association guarantees voices and concerns are noticed.

The UC Berkeley Retirement Center is a major example of the capacity of the Emeriti and Retiree associations to successfully lobby for programs that benefit retired faculty, staff, and surviving spouse beneficiaries. Many of you have participated in its ever-growing activities. The appointment of a campus level Health Care Facilitator pilot program for Berkeley and Irvine is another more recent example. This program is a direct result of Association lobbying efforts and is designed to help subscribers resolve problems with their UC-sponsored medical plans. Likewise, concern that a Medicare Supplement option might be dropped resulted in a reassurance that the option would be kept.

In these activities, the campus associations gain enormous leverage from being part of the Council of University of California Emeriti Associations (CUCEA) and the Council of University of California Retiree Associations (CUCRA), organizations like the Academic Senate and Staff Assembly that represent members throughout the University of California.

Please join us. The $35 joining fee and $15 annual dues for membership in the Emeriti Association is well spent. Download the membership application for the Emeriti Association or call the Center. For Office of the President and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Retirees, call the Center for contact information.