Speeches & Statements
PRC statement to the ERISA Advisory Council on disclosures for pension-risk transfers (August 18, 2015)
PRC Policy Analyst Jane Smith testified before the ERISA Advisory Council on the type of information that an employer should give to its workers and retirees when a company decides to offer lump-sum buyouts or transfer their traditional pension plan to an insurance company. Related: Our press release praising the Treasury Department and the IRS for moving […]
PRC testimony to EBSA on conflict-free investment advice (August 12, 2015)
PRC Senior Policy Advisor Maria Freese testified on Day Three of a four-day Department of Labor hearing on the proposed rule on conflicts of interest in investment advice. Read her testimony here [PDF]. Related: Pension Rights Center’s comments to the Department Labor on its proposed rules governing conflicts of interest in investment advice for retirement plans. (July 21, 2015) […]
Speech by Karen Friedman to the Pension Rights Committee of North Carolina (May 30-31, 2015)
Good morning, my friends from the Pension Rights Committee of North Carolina. Thanks for inviting me to speak today. I am the executive vice president and policy director of the Pension Rights Center, the country’s oldest national consumer organization working to protect and promote the retirement rights of workers, retirees, and their families. We’ve been […]
Speech by Karen Friedman at the Labor Fightback Conference 2015 (May 16, 2015)
Hello, Labor Fightback! Thanks for inviting me this evening to speak. I’m Karen Friedman, the executive vice president and policy director of the Pension Rights Center. We are a national consumer organization that has been around since 1976, working to promote and improve retirement security for American workers and their families. We work to close […]
PRC statement in response to a subcommittee hearing on multiemployer pension plans (April 29, 2015)
The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions of the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on “Examining Reforms to Modernize the Multiemployer Pension System.” In response to this hearing, the Pension Rights Center released the following statement: The Pension Rights Center is a nonprofit consumer […]
Speech by Karen Friedman at Gettysburg College on “Re-Defined Benefits: The Past, Present, and Future of Defined Benefit Pensions in the United States” (April 23, 2015)
Karen Friedman participated in a Finance Symposium, hosted by the Economics Department at Gettysburg College. The topic for the symposium was “Re-Defined Benefits: The Past, Present, and Future of Defined Benefit Pensions in the United States.” Below are her remarks. You can watch the entire symposium on the Economics Department’s Facebook page. Hello, I’m Karen Friedman, the executive vice […]
Speech by Karen Friedman to the Pension Rights Committee of Minnesota (April 11, 2015)
On April 11, 2015, Karen Friedman spoke to the Pension Rights Committee of Minnesota, a group of retired Teamsters who are concerned about possible retiree benefit cuts in certain underfunded multiemployer plans. Good morning, my friends from the Pension Rights Committee of Minnesota. Thanks for inviting me to speak today. I am the executive vice president […]
Speech by Joellen Leavelle to the Wisconsin Committee to Protect Pensions (April 11, 2015)
On April 11, 2015, Joellen Leavelle spoke to the Wisconsin Committee to Protect Pensions, a group of retired Teamsters who are concerned about possible retiree benefit cuts in certain underfunded multiemployer plans. Hi. I’m Joellen Leavelle, Digital and Outreach Director at the Pension Rights Center. Thanks to you all for inviting me to speak […]
Remarks by Karen Ferguson at the PBGC’s 40th anniversary forum (January 12, 2015)
On January 12, 2015, The Pension Rights Center co-sponsored a forum, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal agency that insures most private pension plans. PRC Director Karen Ferguson delivered the following remarks to open the event: Welcome. The Pension Rights Center is absolutely delighted to co-sponsor this 40th […]
Speech by Karen Friedman at the New England Women’s Policy Conference (November 7, 2014)
Thank you for inviting me to speak at the New England Women’s Policy Conference on economic security. I’m Karen Friedman, the executive vice president of the Pension Rights Center, the country’s oldest and foremost consumer group working to promote and protect the retirement security of workers, retirees and their families. You know, Halloween was […]
PRC testimony to the ERISA Advisory Council on lifetime participation in retirement plans (August 21, 2014)
PRC Senior Policy Adviser Norman Stein testified before the ERISA Advisory Council on the issues surrounding lifetime participation in retirement plans and the factors that affect whether participants stay in a plan or cash out. Read his testimony here. [PDF]
PRC testimony to the ERISA Advisory Council on outsourcing retirement plan services (August 19, 2014)
PRC Senior Policy Adviser Norman Stein testified before the ERISA Advisory Council on fiduciary issues related to the outsourcing of retirement plan services. Read his testimony here [PDF].
