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NATCA Store Item of the Week: Letter Folder
Features: Dark blue junior folder measuring 12 - 1/2 " x 9 - 3/8 " . Other fea tures
include foam - padded covers with sewn edges, slash pocket with card pocket, and ruled
pad and pen loop.
Price: $28 .
Made in USA.
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800.266.0895 or email natcastore@natcadc.org .
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Benefits Spotlight: Show Your Unionism
Chances are pretty good that if you're reading this, you're a Union member.
Chances are pretty good that if you are reading this, you are doing so on some kind of a
device that you used a credit card to buy. But…did you use the Union Plus credit card ? If
you did, you may take the next few sentences off (but only if you promise to go and tell
your friend about your card). If you didn't and would like to learn how you can show your
unionism by which credit card you choose to use then by all means, click here .
Cambridge Corner: Unions Urge Congress to Declare TSP Off - Limits!
The 15 unions and organizations that make up the labor council that advises the
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board are calling on Congress to keep it s hands off
the Thrift Savings Plan.
In a letter to House and Senate leadership, the members of the council – whose
members represent 4.9 million TSP account holders – warned the lawmakers that
proposals to make changes to the TSP, such as a proposal to ch ange the rate of return
on the conservative G Fund, signal to federal employees and retirees that their
investments are subject to political tinkering. "The issue is simple," wrote ETAC
Chairman Clifford Dailing. "Just the suggestion of a change to the TSP indicates to the
employees we represent that the TSP can be manipulated by Congress – that their
funds could be used to pay for other programs. It indicates that the TSP is no longer a
secure place to put their retirement money.
Since 1987, participants h ave been told that the governing board, the Federal
Retirement Thrift Investment Board, decides what happens with the TSP, and the board
has a fiduciary duty to consider, first and foremost, what is best for it's participants.
When Congress considers chang es to the TSP opposed by the TSP fiduciaries,
