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Forced to retire, some take Social Security early
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Forced to retire, some take Social Security earlyMIAMI -- Paul Skidmore's office is shuttered, his job gone, his 18-month job search fruitless and his unemployment benefits exhausted. So at 63, he plans to file this week for Social Security benefits, three years earlier than planned, the Associa...
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Senior texting codes
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Remember there are special texting codes for the elderly, just in case you are sending them any text messages. And remember....no texting while the train is moving.Subject: SENIOR TEXTING CODESATD..At The Doctors. BFF..Best Friend Fell. BTW..Bring the Wheelchair. BYOT..Bring Your Own Tee...
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RRB adjusts withholding for 140,000 annuitants
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RRB adjusts withholding for 140,000 annuitants The Railroad Retirement Board reports it has adjusted benefits -- effective with February benefits checks -- for more than 140,000 beneficiaries to reflect new federal income tax withholding rates. The new rates comply with provisions of the con...
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Acting for impaired Railroad Retirement beneficiaries
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Acting for impaired Railroad Retirement beneficiaries (The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on September 3, 2010.) CHICAGO The Railroad Retirement Boards policy is that every annuitant has the right to manage his or her own benefits. However, when physical or mental impairm...
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Here is CORRECT RRB toll-free number
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Here is CORRECT RRB toll-free numberTake note of the CORRECT toll-free telephone number for the Railroad Retirement Board's Information Line: (877) 772-5772 This number replaces a previous toll-free number to reach the Railroad Retirement Board. The old number no longer reaches the Railro...
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Rail Retirement benefits frozen for 2011
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Rail Retirement benefits frozen for 2011The Railroad Retirement Board has confirmed for rail workers what the Social Security Administration already has told Social Security recipients: There will be no increase in benefits in 2011. The reason is there was no increase in the Consumer Price Ind...
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Why many Americans will never retire
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Why many Americans will never retireEconomists have expected for some time that a significant number of Americans will need to delay their retirements and work well into their 70s, the website Wall Street 24/7 reports. The value of homes has dropped enough that they are no longer sure and certain so...
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Man collected dead dad's Railroad Retirement benefits for 25 years
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Man collected dead dad's Railroad Retirement benefits for 25 years (The Associated Press circulated the following on September 22, 2010.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. A Pittsburgh-area man collected more than $341,000 in federal railroad pension benefits on behalf of his father, even though his father die...
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Read all about it. The Railroad Retirement Board's 75th birthday!
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Was also in 1935...before Social Security was enacted inta law. http://www.rrb.gov/opa/pr/pr1002.asp
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UTU retiree celebrates 73 years of marriage
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UTU retiree celebrates 73 years of marriageMr. and Mrs. Floyd Williamson of Osawatomie, Kan., celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary by having dinner with their family at Jumpin Catfish in Olathe and cake and ice cream at their home, the Osawatomie Graphic reports. (Williamson is a retired me...
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UTU member retires after 50 years
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UTU member retires after 50 yearsHe's been working on the railroad, all the live-long ... 50 years, reports the Placerville, Calif., Mountain Democrat. Davey Doc Wiser soon will say good-bye to a lifetime career on the Union Pacific Railroad that began exactly 50 years ago to the day today. (Wiser i...
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UTU member recalls good old days
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UTU member recalls good old daysPRESCOTT, Ariz. - John Stevenson can relate to the thousands of people who flock to the Peavine Trail each year to take in the imposing views of Granite Dells, the Daily Courier reports. In a completely different era, Stevenson also spent plenty of time walking and rid...
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Retired BLET member remembers steam trains
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Retired BLET member remembers steam trains (The following story by John R. Pulliam appeared on The (Galesburg) Register-Mail website on August 4, 2010. Glen Pepmeyer is a member of BLET Division 644 in Galesburg, Ill.) GALESBURG, Ill. There are few people still around who made their living as an en...
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Credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act
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Credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act (The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on July 23, 2010.) CHICAGO Many railroad employees have at some time served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be cre...
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Memories of a Colorado railroader
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Memories of a Colorado railroader(The following column, written by Virginia Simmons, appeared July 27, 2010, in the Alamosa, Colo., Valley Courier. Additional information added by UTU editors.) It was my good luck to attend a barbecue this summer and get acquainted with some veteran railroader...
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Rail retiree creates canes to help others
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Rail retiree creates canes to help othersTHERMOPOLIS, Wyo. Kevin Jacobs doesn't have to walk very far to get to work. Tucked away in a corner of his family room is his little work shop complete with all the tools he needs to make one-of-a-kind walking canes from wood, the Associated Press reports. To a...
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U.S. News: 7 secrets to a happy retirement
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U.S. News: 7 secrets to a happy retirementSome folks transition seamlessly into a happy retirement and get right to the business of enjoying their new lives. But other people have a tougher time entering the retirement years. Some of these folks may wonder whether they are really cut out for retirem...
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A sucker retires every minute
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A sucker retires every minuteAnnuities. Reverse mortgages. Life insurance pools. Principal-protected notes. The options being offered to senior citizens hoping to ensure a comfortable retirement are dizzying. And in a growing number of cases, that may be the intention as more scammers -- ofte...
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Labor member to retire from RRB
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Labor member to retire from RRB CHICAGO The labor member of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) says he will retire after Jan. 1, or sooner if a successor is nominated and confirmed by the Senate before then. V.M. (Butch) Speakman Jr., who was first confirmed by the Senate to his post in 1992, is one o...
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Proposal mandates electronic RRB checks
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Proposal mandates electronic RRB checksPaper checks may be a thing of the past for U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) beneficiaries who still receive them, under a recent initiative announced by the Department of the Treasury, according to the Railroad Retirement Board. One part of the Treasu...
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Planning to retire? Your UTU have some answers
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Planning to retire? We have some answersIf you are planning to retire in the coming months, you are sure to have concerns and many more questions. Understanding retirement benefits, Medicare and Medigap and, especially, assuring you obtain all you are entitled to is no simple task. There is help, h...
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Mighty fine member from mighty fine line
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Mighty fine member from mighty fine linePRATT, Kan. After 36 years as a brakeman and conductor, Rick Holland pulled to the siding and shut down for the final time on June 30, according to the Pratt Tribune. (Holland is a member of UTU Local 1227, Wichita, Kan.) Holland joined the Rock Island Railroad...
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Longevity of Railroad Retirement Beneficiaries
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Longevity of Railroad Retirement Beneficiaries (The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board issued the following on December 1, 2009.) CHICAGO Every three three years, the Railroad Retirement Boards Chief Actuary conducts a study of the longevity of its annuitants, as part of a valuation of future reve...
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'Once a railroader, always a railroader'
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'Once a railroader, always a railroader' (The following story by Tammy Malgesini appeared on The East Oregonian website on January 6, 2010.) HERMISTON, Ore. Connie Maret was born to be a railroader. The 75-year-old Hermiston man, who retired from Union Pacific Railroad after five decades, could...
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