AFSCME Council 93

GPO-WEP is gone for good! With President Biden’s signing of the Social Security Fairness Act, thousands of AFSCME members can now retire with peace of mind: www.afscme.org/press/releas...

05.01.2025 21:59 — 👍 263    🔁 47    💬 2    📌 2

Senator Markey poses with President Biden and Congressman Neal at the White House.

Senator Markey poses with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Rep. Spanberger, Randi Weingarten, and AFSCME President Lee Saunders.

Senator Markey poses with AFT President Jessica Tang at the White House.

Senator Markey poses with Jim Durkin and Max Page at the White House.

It was an honor to join President Biden at the White House as he signed the Social Security Fairness Act and restored benefits to millions of public servants—including 130,000 from Massachusetts. Congrats to the teachers, firefighters, police, and more who won these hard earned benefits.

06.01.2025 01:17 — 👍 262    🔁 51    💬 5    📌 1

President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law fully repealing the WEP/GPO and restoring full Social Security benefits to millions of public servants who have paid into the Social Security system! www.afscme93.org/news/they-sa...

06.01.2025 03:21 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Merry Christmas to all of our members, friends and families!

25.12.2024 11:55 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congress approves Sen. Sherrod Brown’s bill to eliminate public worker Social Security penalties It now goes to President Joe Biden for a signature.

Great news: The Social Security Fairness Act has passed! It now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature.

Thank you to workers everywhere who showed solidarity and made calls to help ensure all workers get the full retirement they earned.
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21.12.2024 14:50 — 👍 173    🔁 44    💬 4    📌 6

We just passed the Social Security Fairness Act to restore Social Security benefits for millions of Americans including 130,000 public servants in Massachusetts.

21.12.2024 05:21 — 👍 378    🔁 66    💬 25    📌 7

The Senate has voted to repeal GPO-WEP! Thanks to nonstop activism from a broad coalition of union members, over 2 million public service workers will finally be able to access the Social Security benefits they spent their careers paying into. bit.ly/3P7Cd03

21.12.2024 05:22 — 👍 81    🔁 24    💬 1    📌 3

Call Congress ➡ Support the Social Security Fairness Act H.R. 82 would repeal two unfair parts of the Social Security law that reduce benefits for millions of postal and federal workers. Today is the day! H.R. 82 is on the House floor for a vote. We nee...

We’re hearing whispers on Capitol Hill that some senators may not stay in town to pass the Social Security Fairness Act.

Call your senators NOW and tell them to not come home until they give workers their full retirement! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

20.12.2024 20:11 — 👍 75    🔁 31    💬 3    📌 6

We are one step closer to passing the Social Security Fairness Act to restore benefits for 3 million public servants from firefighters and teachers to VA nurses and Public Health Service workers.

19.12.2024 00:39 — 👍 112    🔁 20    💬 7    📌 0

Fighting for a better future Americans need a great education and a union contract so they can get ahead and communities can rise together.

We will be fighting to strengthen public schools, for a new deal in higher education, and the right of Americans to belong to a union. And we will be pushing to lower everyday costs. That’s why last week, we fought to repeal of the WEP/GPO which hurt so many retirees. www.aft.org/column/fight...

17.11.2024 16:54 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The Social Security Fairness Act is closer than ever to becoming law!

Tell your Senator to schedule a vote and end the unfair WEP & GPO provisions that hurt public workers' benefits. act.afscme.org/letters/tell...

19.11.2024 19:39 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1