AFSCME activism brings repeal of GPO-WEP closer than ever

https://www.afscme.org/blog/afscme-activism-brings-repeal-of-gpo-wep-closer-than-ever

By Pete Levine · Wednesday, December 11, 2024

An AFSCME member joined public service workers, national labor leaders and members of Congress at a rainy Capitol Hill rally on Wednesday to demand that the Senate pass the Social Security Fairness Act.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined the rally to announce he will soon schedule a vote on the bill, which the House of Representatives passed last month with an overwhelming, bipartisan majority.

The bill — which would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions from Social Security — has the strong support of AFSCME members and retirees.

For years, they have fought for retirement security for all public service workers. AFSCME members have penned more than 15,000 letters to Congress urging them to remove the two unfair provisions, and shown their activism on the issue with previous rallies, online campaigns and more. Those efforts have brought the repeal of GPO-WEP closer than ever.

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Photo credit: Kalina Newman/AFSCME