If your state legislature has enacted payroll deduction prohibitions, or if these prohibitions are a looming threat, ...

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 ...

For more than 40 years, public employees in many states have been subject to punitive and discriminatory measures that reduce their Social Security benefits. Called the Government Pension Offset (GPO) ...

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 ...

On behalf of our 3 million members and the 50 million students they serve—including those in schools on military bases worldwide—we offer these comments for your consideration as you vote on the ...

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 ...

On behalf of our 3 million members and the 50 million students they serve—including those in schools on military bases worldwide—we offer these comments for your consideration as you vote on the ...

Washington—On Monday, December 9, the Loudoun Education Association (LEA) announced that the union had won overwhelming support from its two bargaining units, winning 91 percent of the vote among bus ...

Paraeducator Rebecca Winters would welcome administrators and legislators to spend a day in the classroom with her or any of her paraeducator colleagues. “It’s easy to make decisions behind a desk,” ...