You Have the Power to Defeat Right-to-Work in New Hampshire! Last week, we shared important information about House Bill 238-FN, the latest attempt to pass a “Right-to-Work” law in New Hampshire. Now, it’s time to take action. On January 22, 2025, the New Hampshire House Labor ...
Read moreSocial Security Benefits Restored for Public Employees!On Sunday, January 5, 2025, President Biden signed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act into law. In November, H.R. 82 passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 327 to 75. Later in December, thanks to action made ...
Read moreWHAT IS THE SICK BANK DONATION PROGRAM? The Sick Bank Donation Program allows employees to donate sick time to support colleagues facing serious or catastrophic illnesses or injuries. The program provides additional sick leave to participating employees who: All requests for Sick Bank time are ...
Read moreGood news – the new equity law will benefit this group of people with these needs The Social Security Fairness Act seeks to end reductions caused by WEP and GPO provisions by Raquel 12/26/2024 10:30 in FINANCE Good news – the new equity law will benefit this ...
Read moreDecember 21, 2024 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) celebrated the passage of his bill to fully repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) following his months-long effort to secure a vote. The Social Security Fairness Act, which passed by ...
Read moreTO: All Retirement BoardsFROM: Bill Keefe, Executive DirectorRE: Veterans’ Buyback ChangesDATE: August 19, 2024 On August 8, 2024, Governor Healey signed Chapter 178 of the Acts of 2024, “An ActHonoring, Empowering, and Recognizing our Servicemembers and Veterans” (“the HEROAct”). This Act makes substantial changes to ...
Read moreThe Ratification Vote was held on October 24th, 2024. I am proud to announce that SENA and the City of Boston have a ratified contract. There were 353 vote casted 282 Votes Yes 71 Votes No The E Board would like thank all the members ...
Read moreTell Congress to Reauthorize TAA Now!For decades now, we have seen the devastating results unfair trade has on workers and their communities. We’ve pushed for a level playing field and accountability to countries that dump their goods and manipulate our trade laws, but we are ...
Read moreDear SENA Brothers, Sisters and Siblings, It has been a long, hot busy summer and from our Executive Board, Officers and Stewards, we hope everyone found the time to enjoy the summer season. As we head in to the fall season, I would like to ...
Read moreUSW Core Values Educational Series – Issue 1 American workers can compete with anyone on a level playing field, but all too often bad actors in other countries seek to dominate our markets and undercut our industries by engaging in dumping, illegal subsidies, currency manipulation, ...
Read moreHere we go again! Warning this is not from the union. It is from an anti Union organization. Just discard! Neither SENA or the USW sent out this mailer. The mailer is from the Freedom Foundation. They are anti union organization whose sole purpose is ...
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