CEA, Other Unions Gather in DC To Demand End to Pension Charges
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L to R: CEA Vice President Joslyn DeLancey, US Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, and CEA President Kate Dias display “Repeal the Steal WEP/GPO Must Go” T-shirts they made for Wednesday’s event. Contributed photo by CEA. Courtesy of CTNewsJunkie
According to data from the Congressional Research Office, more than 22,500 people in the state of Connecticut are affected by the WEP, with the overwhelming majority of those being retired workers.
By Jamil Ragland, CTNewsJunkie.com
Leaders of the Connecticut Education Association (CEA) joined union leaders from around the country in Washington on Wednesday morning to demand that the Senate take action on legislation to prevent public sector employees from losing thousands of dollars in pension benefits.
In November, the House of Representatives passed the Social Security Fairness Act. The legislation eliminates the windfall elimination provision (WEP) and the government pension offset (GPO), both of which can limit the amount of money that retirees – who also have a non-covered pension – receive from Social Security. Many public sector employees, including teachers, firefighters, and police, are subject to WEP/GPO restrictions.
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