Dear member,
We have a chance before the end of the week to win two great victories on retirement. Please take action today by calling your elected representatives.
Please ask your state senator to urge the Senate President and the chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means to support H.5136, which will give teachers a second chance to buy back into RetirementPlus. This bill, passed by the members of the state House of Representatives, creates a fair and clear pathway for teachers hired before July 1, 2001, to have a second opportunity to join RetirementPlus. Call or email your state senator today!
We can win the end of the GPO/WEP theft of our members’ well-earned social security benefits, a steal that has been going on for four decades. We can end it with a vote of the U.S. Senate this week! Please call Senators Warren and Markey to thank them for their support for repealing GPO/WEP and to let them know that educators and public employees across Massachusetts stand with them as we head toward a vote. Please also urge that they talk to as many of their colleagues as they can to help get the repeal bill over the finish line in the Senate. Please call Senators Warren and Markey using this link: www.nea.org/SSFairness.
Thanks for your attention and advocacy on these important issues about your retirement.
In Solidarity,
Max and Deb