Called the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), these rules have robbed firefighters, ...

According to the RAND Corporation's 2024 State of the American Teacher survey, two-thirds of teachers report receiving a pay increase between the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 school years. The average pay ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Congress today passed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), landmark legislation that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) ...

On behalf of our 3 million members and the 50 million students they serve, we strongly urge you to VOTE YES on the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) when it comes to the floor next week. Votes on ...

After World War II, hundreds of groups targeted public educators in a postwar anti-communist red scare. The NEA fought back against unfair criticism of public education through its National Commission ...

When educators are respected, appreciated, heard, and have the resources we need, we can give students our very best. Our union members unite to win for students, schools, and each other. Across the ...

From at least 1860 until 1978, hundreds of thousands of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children were taken from their families and Tribes and forced to attend government- and ...

Congress has passed the Social Security Fairness Act, repealing the unfair penalties known as GPO and WEP. These penalties denied retired educators, first responders, and other public service workers ...

Educators who encountered significant levels of job-related stress, burnout, symptoms of depression, and difficulties in managing work-related stress were more inclined to express their intention to ...

Despite these difficulties, the rewards of helping kids are huge. Winters has worked at Hamilton Elementary School, in Port ...

Virginia lawmakers lifted a ban on collective bargaining by public employees in 2020; the law went into effect in 2021. About a half-dozen local unions already have their first contracts; most ...