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Re: (erielack) Railroad Pension

Workers subject to RRTA were exempt from Social security withholding and 
accordingly not entitled to benefits.  At some point in the 70's they, along
with gov't and postal workers who were also not subject became subject.  
Therefore, your mother's recollection is correct.
Rich

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> As many of you know, my late father retired after 37 yrs with the Erie/EL
> and my mother still recieves his RR pension. The question I had was, wasn't
> it so that up to a certain point in time, say the early 1970's, only rr
> retirement was deducted from a rr employees paycheck and not social
> security? Now it is different.  My mom seems to remember so, she said that
> she thinks it was that way until right before my dad retired in 1974. Does
> anyone know for sure?
> (Sorry this question does not contain the required HOV lane content.) :-)
> 
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> Fred Stratton
> http://erierr.railfan.net
> ELHS#2733
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