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07.24.24 NUCPP ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT

For Immediate Release

July 24, 2024

Contact: Dana Vargo, Director of Communications-dmv.nucpp@gmail.com

National United Committee to Protect Pensions Endorses Kamala Harris for President

  Washington, DC -- Recognizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ record of commitment to retirement security for every American, the National United Committee to Protect Pensions (NUCPP), a grassroots advocacy organization that protects retirement security issues, including pensions, Social Security, and Medicare, today endorsed Kamala Harris for election as President of the United States. 

 The NUCPP was established in 2016 as a grassroots movement to protect the hard-earned pensions of millions of Americans across the United States. Retirees from 64 Committees to Save Pensions in 32 States across the Country traveled to Washington, DC. They walked the Halls of Congress, and thousands of retirees, their families, and neighbors called and emailed congressional members for eight years until March 2021, when President Biden and Vice President Harris proved to millions of retirees and active workers that they would deliver on their promises.  Before the election in 2020, they promised they would save the hard-earned pensions of many Americans in the multiemployer pension system. Vice President Harris passed the deciding vote in the Senate to send the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to the desk of President Joe Biden, where he signed it into law within 49 days of being sworn in. This Bill saved millions of Americans' pensions, including retirees and active workers. It positively impacted their families, communities, churches, and small businesses and affected more than 10.1 million hard-working Americans.  

After the pension issue was resolved in 2021, the NUCPP determined it was necessary to change its Mission Statement to include acting as a ‘watchdog’ for all retirement security issues, including pensions, Social Security, and Medicare.

 “The stakes for seniors are crucial in the November election,” said NUCPP President Kenneth Stribling. “Not only is Vice President Harris pro-labor, but she also supports Seniors and promises to protect Social Security and Medicare.  She has already worked to lower drug prices, which affects so many Americans. There is no doubt that Social Security and Medicare need to be fixed. But the question remains: ‘On whose back is that going to fall?’ If Social Security and Medicare are under attack, we will activate our forces again and make our voices heard in Washington and at the ballot boxes in November. This time, when our Pension Warriors, nka Retirement Security Warriors, are activated, they will include more than active and retired union workers. Social Security impacts Democrats and Republicans, labor and office workers, and active and retired Americans.  Social Security and pensions are not entitlements, as many legislators would like you to believe.  We earned these benefits and deserve what we were promised. Another misconception that some in Washington want you to believe is that Social Security is part of and included in the national budget and debt, which is untrue.  Social Security operates independently from the rest of the federal government, is self-funded, and is not subject to the annual budget process.”

The NUCPP was bipartisan from the beginning and continues to be. Still, our Retirement Security Warriors support those who promised and delivered for us in the past regarding saving our pensions. We will continue to help those who vote to protect Seniors and retirement security issues. Our Retirement Security Warriors will work to ensure that Kamala Harris is elected as President of the United States, as well as others who support retirement security issues and the middle class, regardless of their party affiliation.  


Dana Vargo