United Postmasters and Managers of America supports H.R. 141, the Social Security Fairness Act for the 116th Congress. Many UPMA current and future retired members are impacted by the GPO and WEP provision in the current Social Security Act. This Legislation would eliminate 2 titles of the Social Security Act, the (GPO) and the Windfall…
Via Bobby Donelson, APWU Southwest Costal Area Local Retiree Chapter President February 24, 2017 Dear President Mark Dimondstein: These are questions we have developed in the field and would like to have answers in your Q & A if possible. Most of the Questions were developed by California Union Representatives and Retiree Representatives. We hope…
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…
