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To: OAPSE Members From: Executive Director Joe Rugola Re: Enjoy Your Summer! You Deserve It! Date: May 25, 2022 As we approach the end of the school year, I want to wish you a wonderful, restful and relaxing summer. You deserve it! Check out my video message below for some thoughts on our union’s plans […]
Members of OAPSE Local 321 at Fremont City Schools had the opportunity to give back to their community through the OAPSE Making a Difference (OMAD) program, the non-profit founded by the union to feed hungry children in school systems where we represent members. More than 1,700 bags of breakfasts, lunches and snacks were packed at […]
Harriet Naylor is 81. She Can’t Retire. She was featured at the OAPSE state conference last week as an example of how unfair the Social Security system is for workers with a public pension. Harriet has worked in Manchester City Schools since 1986. As a cook, she is known for her peanut butter sandwiches made […]
To: OAPSE Members From: Executive Director Joe Rugola Re: Our Union’s Work for You Never Stops Date: March 24, 2022 Our Union’s Work For You Never Stops It has been two years since our world and our work lives were shaken by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over those long months, we faced down […]
OAPSE is keeping up the fight to win fairness for retirees who are penalized because of the Social Security Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). The GPO especially affects OAPSE retired women because it strips them of the Social Security survival benefits they should receive when their spouse passes away. OAPSE Executive […]