MARCH 2010 VOICE: Top officials within two of Massachusetts's most influential public safety unions are playing an increasingly central role at the national level when it comes to the issue of Social Security reform.

Join With Association To Repeal WEP/GPO

NOVEMBER 2009: The world is truly flat when it comes to modern economics, as well as politics. With the information age of computers providing instant access to information, partnerships and coalitions are being formed that were unlikely just a few years ago.

This summer the Association was contacted by The Grassroots Committee for Social Security Fairness , which is a Northern California based teachers' organization formed this spring. Their goal, like that of our Association, is to repeal the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).

Association Continues Building Support For Repeal

JULY 2009: As talk of reforming America’s retirement safety net continues to grow, Association officials have stepped up efforts to build a strong and broad national coalition of organizations to support a repeal of both the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).

Overhaul On Horizon In 2010

MAY 2009 VOICE: In the midst of the worse economic conditions since the Great Depression, plans are underway in Washington, D.C. to act on Social Security reform early in 2010.

Despite having received overwhelming support in the past two Congresses for a full repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), it has become evident that any change in Social Security would take place as part of a larger “reform” of the system.