AFGE Marches Toward 325K Members
May 02, 2024
May/June 2024 Government Standard: AFGE has been smashing organizing goals month after month, and we have no intention of slowing down!
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Did you know that you could lose two-thirds or even the entire amount of your Social Security benefit under two rules that penalize public servants?
Meet the government pension offset (GPO) and the windfall elimination provision (WEP), which have been in place since 1983.
Who are penalized under these rules and how?
AFGE strongly opposes GPO and WEP and is urging Congress to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2021, which would repeal these two unfair provisions. The bill passed the House Ways and Means Committee Sept. 20.
“AFGE represents federal employees who receive Social Security benefits as retirees or thousands of employees at the Social Security Administration who deliver essential benefits to the American public including retirees, children, widows, and widowers,” said Daniel Horowitz, AFGE deputy director of legislation, in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee chairman and ranking member before the vote. “We have supported repeal of GPO and WEP since their inception as we have witnessed the unfair reduction in earned benefits. The bill has 299 cosponsors in this Congress and has always drawn significant bipartisan support. We are encouraged to see the Ways and Means Committee move forward with this essential legislation.”
It is unclear when the bill will go to the House floor.
May/June 2024 Government Standard: AFGE has been smashing organizing goals month after month, and we have no intention of slowing down!
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AFGE is asking lawmakers to repeal two controversial rules that have caused public servants to lose two-thirds or even the entire amount of their Social Security benefits.
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AFGE is urging the D.C. government not to close the urgent care clinic at the D.C. Superior Courthouse that each year provides hundreds of individuals with mental health care and substance use treatment.
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