Fact Sheets

• 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 sector retirees who re...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Multi-employer Pensions Handout

  July 01, 2019: More than one million Americans depend on multiemployer pension plans for their retirement. In July 2019, more than 100 multiemployer pension plans were likely to fail within the next 20 years, jeopardizing the retirement income of the workers and re...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Private Sector Pensions Fact Sheet

  May 10, 2018: The Alliance often works with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), an independent government agency, to protect workers’ and retirees’ private sector defined benefit pension plans and ensure that they remain a key part of Americans’...Read more >