About the coalition

The Alaskan Public Pension Coalition is an unprecedented partnership of public employee unions and retirement organizations.  The coalition was founded in mid-2005, after the Alaska Legislature dismantled the public employee retirement system, which had helped build Alaska.

Our goal is to keep Alaska strong by restoring a secure retirement for Alaska’s firefighters, police officers, teachers, and other public employees.  The coalition represents more than 70,000 working families and 97,000 individual Alaskans. 

Member organizations include:

NEA-Alaska

Anchorage Police Department Employees Association

Alaska State Employees Association/AmericanFederation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 52 (ASEA/AFSCME)

Alaska Public Employees Association/American Federation of Teachers (APEA/AFT)

AFL-CIO

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local1547 (IBEW)

Mat-Su Education Association

National Public Pension Coalition

Anchorage Fire Fighters Union, Local 1264

Alaska Professional Fire Fighters Association

Alaska Retired Educators Association

Anchorage Education Association

Public Safety Employees Association/AmericanFederation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 803 (PSEA/AFSCME)

AARP Alaska

Public Employees, Local 71

NEA-Alaska/Retired

Retired Public Employees of Alaska

Teamsters, Local 959

Alaska Center for Public Policy