President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill that repeals laws that docked Social Security benefits earned by public employees who also received pensions. The act is expected to increase monthly payments by an average of $360 for 2.5 million affected workers and provide lump sum payments for the 2024 shortfall.
President Joe Biden signs the Social Security Fairness Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C. - Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper’s 15,000 members spent decades urging their Congress members to repeal a pair of laws that docked the Social Security benefits they’d earned because they also got pensions from their work as public employees.
“They earned that Social Security, they paid into it,” said Brown. “Over and over, Americans like that bus driver have watched corporations get tax cuts and Wall Street get bailouts. All these workers are asking for is what they have earned. It’s an issue that has a huge impact on a worker’s life, but it doesn’t get enough attention in Washington.”
“For years, members were bringing this up and and asking for it to be changed, because it had such an impact, especially on our lower paid employees, like our paraprofessionals, who often are living paycheck to paycheck and working multiple jobs,” said Cropper, who also serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Ohio AFL-CIO.
“I’ve been to DC banging on doors for decades,” said McDonald, a Marion police officer who was in the House of Representatives chamber when the legislation passed. “Public employee retirees were extremely organized and active, calling and emailing and sending letters, not just my members, but all those who were impacted. They played a major role in getting this unfair law overturned.”
The second repealed law was the Government Pension Offset , enacted in 1977, which docked the survivor and spousal benefits of people who work as federal, state, or local government employees if their job is not covered by Social Security, reducing their benefits even if their spouse paid into Social Security for their entire career.
Cropper says her many members who will benefit from the change include a retired Cleveland Heights teacher who taught for 38 years and worked multiple jobs to make ends meet. He paid into Social Security in those outside jobs but wasn’t able to collect the benefits he earned in them.
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