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Position Paper: Debt Commission Legislation Fast Tracks Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
January 21, 2024: Social Security and Medicare have been the foundation of retirement security for generations of Americans, providing income and health care to millions. Americans earn these benefits, contributing to them with every paycheck. O Read More >
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Fact Sheet: Social Security and Medicare: Current Facts and Figures
December 15, 2023: Nearly 182 million workers contribute to Social Security and Medicare through payroll taxes. Details like benefit amounts and premiums change each year. Our fact sheet has the latest figures for 2023. Download the fact sheet Read More >
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Position Paper: Expanding Social Security
July 19, 2023: Today 66 million Americans – one out of every five households – relies on Social Security’s lifetime, guaranteed benefits. To continue to provide retirement security for current and future generations, it is time to stren Read More >
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Fact Sheet: Social Security: Current Facts and Figures 2023
June 30, 2023: Nearly 182 million workers contribute to Social Security through payroll taxes. Details like benefit amounts and premiums change each year. Our fact sheet has the latest figures for 2023. Read more Read More >
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Position Paper: Threats to Social Security
April 26, 2023: For decades Social Security has delivered guaranteed, lifetime benefits on time and without interruption to generations of Americans. Beneficiaries earn their Social Security, contributing into the system with every paycheck. S Read More >
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Position Paper: Social Security Fairness Act
February 03, 2023: The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) were enacted in 1977 and 1983 respectively as amendments to the basic Social Security law. These provisions reduce Social Security benefits for public se Read More >
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Position Paper: RSC Budget Proposal
June 30, 2023: The Republican Study Committee (RSC), a House Caucus consisting of 175 members out of a total Republican House Caucus of 222 members (nearly 80%), proposed a budget that would, if enacted, increase Social Security’s full retirem Read More >
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Position Paper: PRO Act
March 01, 2023: The labor movement has been, and continues to be, the leading force in the fight to strengthen Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, ensuring a measure of retirement security for all Americans. Our country, our democracy and our Read More >
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Position Paper: Increasing the Debt Ceiling Fact Sheet
February 07, 2023: The debt ceiling is a legal restriction on how much money the federal government can borrow to pay its bills. Congress instituted the debt ceiling in 1917 as a way to rein in federal agencies that were ignoring Congress and settin Read More >