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wishstar

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15. Yes we have NARFE- National Association of Retired Federal Employees

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 05:35 PM

Feb 2025

NARFE was instrumental in getting the Windfall Pension Offset and Government Pension Offset repealed last year to help retirees who had been getting reductions in Social Security. Don't know when SS will ever get around to carrying out the repeal and raising our benefits for those of us who were WPO'd and GPO'd.

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My husband is a retired Federal worker. Retired as a GS14 He received a letter today from the Office of Personnel [View all] debm55 Feb 2025 OP

Are they going after his pension? Baitball Blogger Feb 2025 #1

We don;t know . He can't anyone to answer the phone. 2017 is the year he retired It lists a lower amount because He debm55 Feb 2025 #2

Knowing $usk, they're probably going to want to claw back the COLAs. haele Feb 2025 #3

No cover letter. Just a print out of the start of his retirement.--pension, benifits.etc. debm55 Feb 2025 #5

Does the phone just ring or is there a message to press this or press that number? peacebuzzard Feb 2025 #7

Just rings he was on the phone for two hours. He went to the web site and it was down. debm55 Feb 2025 #17

Call your Senator and/or Representative. All offices have a caseworker to help in these allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #30

Thank you very much---my Senator is Fetterman. Lives 5 miles from my house. debm55 Feb 2025 #31

What did the letter say? Why did they send it? obamanut2012 Feb 2025 #4

There was no letter just a printout of his first year on retirement, After reading on here about making copies we made debm55 Feb 2025 #6

Question for you DaBronx Feb 2025 #9

this is with just the first year of the retirement. Through all of the years of COLAs he is getting I.000 ,more I not debm55 Feb 2025 #32

No letter just his paper of the money he received since 2017. He worked at the Dept of the Interior--Bureau of Mines, debm55 Feb 2025 #18

kick debm55 Feb 2025 #8

Kick Hekate Feb 2025 #10

I am a retired GS13 also montanacowboy Feb 2025 #11

You got that right. Also pay a higher rate for all " bennies." Just asked my husband and he was a GS14 debm55 Feb 2025 #16

Sorry that was GS 14. debm55 Feb 2025 #19

Any context? Are they asking for something? IronLionZion Feb 2025 #12

My husband did not pay into SS as when he started working there no Feds got SS. They had their own pension and was at a debm55 Feb 2025 #21

It sounds like Musk is targeting the federal pension fund IronLionZion Feb 2025 #25

No just the printout of where his pension started. debm55 Feb 2025 #33

musk is wasting more money ecstatic Feb 2025 #13

My husband is recovering from Malignant Prostrate Cancer, he is depressed with that and now this. debm55 Feb 2025 #22

Awww debm55, ((())), I am so sorry... peacebuzzard Feb 2025 #40

This is the meritocracy of super genius qualifications IronLionZion Feb 2025 #26

Do retirees have any advocacy groups? jeffreyi Feb 2025 #14

Yes we have NARFE- National Association of Retired Federal Employees wishstar Feb 2025 #15

He still gets letters from the Union. We don;t know if that would be an advocacy group. But he spent 40 years of his debm55 Feb 2025 #23

I have not received one. pwb Feb 2025 #20

Thank you , we will take turns on the speaker phone waiting for someone to pick up, tomorrow. as he had a cancer group debm55 Feb 2025 #24

This is chilling Lulu KC Feb 2025 #27

I will.Thank you. debm55 Feb 2025 #34

Thinking of you both my our main source ALBliberal Feb 2025 #28

Thank you , I taught in Catholic schools all my 40 years of teaching. Rich has completed 8 weeks of radiation in debm55 Feb 2025 #35

Blessings from a fellow Catholic from NM ALBliberal Feb 2025 #37

Sounds to me like just a statement of benefits already paid. Earl_from_PA Feb 2025 #29

This was just for his retirement year. No other year included.I will look and post tomorrow. Thank you Earl_from_PA. As debm55 Feb 2025 #36

Please go here. bdamomma Feb 2025 #38

No but thank you for the site. I will give it to my husband when he wakes up debm55 Feb 2025 #39