Social Security
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate Bill Introduced to Repeal Social Security Offsets
NEA supports repeal of unfair offsets – the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision – that unfairly reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits that public employees have EARNED. In December 2011, Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Collins (R-ME) introduced the Senate version of the Social Security Fairness Act (S. 2010), which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. Representatives McKeon (R-CA) and Berman (D-CA) had previously introduced the bill in the House (H.R. 1332). See if your Representative is a cosponsor.
Take Action Today: Urge your Senators and Representatives to cosponsor the Social Security Fairness Act.
REPEAL SOCIAL SECURITY OFFSETS BACKGROUND AND ADVOCACY TOOLS
Other Ways to Get Involved:
- Use NEA’s Activist Toolkit to fight for GPO/WEP repeal
- Sign NEA’s Petition to Repeal GPO/WEP
- Sign the Social Security Works Coalition’s “Strengthen Social Security, Don’t Cut It” petition
- Share your story about the importance of Social Security with the Social Security Works Coalition
Additional Background/Resources:
- Former NEA Social Security Fairness Chair, Lee Schreiner at National GPO/WEP Summit
- NEA's written submission to the Fiscal Commission, June 2010.
- Additional resources/fact sheets from the Social Security Works Coalition
- Testimony submitted for the record to House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Social Security, July 15, 2010
- House Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing on GPO/WEP January 2008
- Statement of NEA submitted to the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, U.S. House of Representatives, February 2004
- Statement of NEA member Margaret Cagle
- The Latest News on GPO/WEP
- "Offsetting Priorities," NEA Today, March 2007
- Testimony of NEA Member Patty Myers to the Senate Finance Committee, 3/20/07
TAKE ACTION
Urge your Senators and Representatives to cosponsor the Social Security Fairness Act.
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Penalties for Public Service
See for yourself how unfair laws threaten the retirement security of educators. Women are disproportionately impacted. Tell Congress to support the Social Security Fairness Act and repeal laws that discourage qualified educators from the profession.
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