Massachusetts Public Sector Retirees Celebrate Signing Of Social Security Fairness Act

CBS Boston

January 7, 2024

BOSTON - Current and former public sector workers in Massachusetts are hailing the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, signed by President Biden on Sunday.

The legislation boosts Social Security benefits for public sector workers by eliminating two federal provisions, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. Both policies were implemented decades ago to save the Social Security system by slashing benefits for public sector workers who also earned pensions from state and local governments.

Jim Lucia, a Billerica school teacher of four decades also worked at a liquor store in Lowell and paid into his public employee retirement fund and Social Security.

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