PRC In the News

Karen Friedman appears on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show [VIDEO]
PRC Executive Vice President and Policy Director Karen Friedman was a panelist on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show to discuss pensions and the retirement income crisis. Washington Post editorial writer and MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart was guest host for the program. The other panelists were writer Arun Gupta, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox of The MoneyCoach.net, and Connie Razza […]

Companies Prepare To Dump Pension Plans In 2014
Will your defined benefit pension be the next to be “derisked” and then dumped? Clorox froze its defined benefit pension plan in 2011, and now it’s taking steps to prep the plan in case the fiduciary committee decides to offload it onto an insurer, according to a Clorox executive who spoke at a recent Mercer […]

Little-known government benefit protects retirees [VIDEO]
The Western States Pension Assistance Project is profiled in this television news story. The Project is one of seven regional pension counseling projects that provide free legal assistance to anyone with a question about their traditional pension, 401(k), or other employer-sponsored retirement plan.

Boeing’s Pension Scale Back Is a Sign of the Coming Times
The past week has brought two ultimately related pieces of news. Boeing announced it would freeze pensions for 68,000 non-union workers and move them into a 401(k)-style retirement plan, according to Bloomberg. The change starts in 2016 and is intended to cut costs, according to the report.

The Best 401(k)s Set a Higher Bar for Others
Every December for five years, BrightScope, a financial research firm based in San Diego, has published a list of the top 30 401(k) plans. These standouts provide, among other qualities, generous company contributions, quick access to that corporate money, low fees and a wide array of investment options.

Protecting Detroit’s Pensioners Protects American Values
In one remarkable week in January, we saw the introduction of three proposals to expand retirement savings for the half of the workforce not covered by employer-sponsored plans: President Obama’s myRA, Senator Tom Harkin’s USA Retirement Funds Act, and Senator Bill Nelson and Senator Susan Collins’ Retirement Security Act.

The Activist Awards
Suppose our country had another Academy Awards gala for citizen heroes – those tiny numbers of Americans who are working successfully fulltime in nonprofit groups to advance access to justice, general operations of our faltering democratic society, and the health, safety, and economic well-being of all citizens.