NALC: House passes Social Security Fairness Act
“This is a major win for letter carriers and other federal annuitants who have been victimized by the WEP and GPO for decades,” NALC President Brian L. Renfroe said.
“This is a major win for letter carriers and other federal annuitants who have been victimized by the WEP and GPO for decades,” NALC President Brian L. Renfroe said.
This is deja vu for me. During the Reagan years we had an exodus of employees before the effective date of each retirement cut. CSRS retirees were slapped with the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced or eliminated their Social Security benefits. Annuity COLAs were reduced to one per…