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Here you will find articles, blog posts, press releases, newsletters and more. You can read the most recent information below, and you can also search for materials on specific retirement topics by using the filters in the yellow boxes on the left.

Blogs & Newsletters
01/21/25

NY Times Interviews Economist Alicia Munnell on Her Announced Retirement

By Karen Friedman For twenty-seven years, Alicia Munnell, the renowned economist and the Director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR), has conducted nonpartisan research that has documented the strengths and inequities in the retirement system. Alicia and her academic colleagues at CRR, have authored important papers and briefs that have influenced […]

PRC In the News
01/14/25

Bloomberg Law: AT&T’s Athene Pension Transfers Called Too Risky by Rights Group

“AT&T Inc. retirees challenging a transaction that shifted responsibility for funding nearly 100,000 pensions to an insurance company received support from the Pension Rights Center, which argued the move fell short of legal standards.”

Blogs & Newsletters
01/09/25

Paying Tribute to Jimmy Carter, Pension Champion

By Karen Friedman When Jimmy Carter was elected President in 1976, I was a young whipper snapper living in an old, disheveled group house in Washington D.C. When I think back on that time, I fondly remember that his Administration—dedicated to energy conservation, peace and human rights—inspired me and many of my friends to become […]

Comments & Letters
12/11/24

PRC’s Letter to the ERISA Advisory Council on QDIAs and Lifetime Income

Read the Pension Rights Center’s letter to the ERISA Advisory Council on Qualified Default Investment Alternatives (QDIAs) and Lifetime Income.

Blogs & Newsletters
11/26/24

PRC News, Fall 2024

The Pension Rights Center wishes you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving! Celebration of the 48th Anniversary of the Pension Rights Center On October 16th, more than 125 friends and colleagues joined the Pension Rights Center to celebrate our 48th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The event, […]

Events
11/22/24

PRC Celebrates Our 48th Anniversary

The Pension Rights Center, along with more than 125 friends and colleagues, celebrated both its 48th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the landmark federal pension law, ERISA, during a fun-filled evening at the Planet Word museum in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 2024. The celebration included jazz music, pension-centric songs, and speeches and toasts, […]

Blogs & Newsletters
11/01/24

Boeing Workers Nix Tentative Contract, Demand Pension Restoration

By David Brandolph American workers are increasingly demanding that their employers restore their traditional defined benefit pension plan, making the issue a principal ask in collective bargaining. The latest example of how highly workers value pensions was the overwhelming (64%) rejection by members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) in Seattle, […]

Speeches & Statements
10/29/24

PRC’s Statement to the ERISA Advisory Council on QDIAs and Lifetime Income

Read Senior Policy Counsel Norman Stein’s statement on behalf of the PRC to the ERISA Advisory Council on Qualified Default Investment Alternatives (QDIAs) and Lifetime Income.

PRC In the News
10/28/24

NPR: At the heart of the Boeing strike, an emotional fight over a lost pension plan

“There’s now a real recognition that workers want both good wages and good pensions,” said Karen Friedman, the executive director of the Pension Rights Center. “There’s a growing appetite for secure pensions, and I think we’re going to see more of it, honestly.”

PRC In the News
10/25/24

InvestmentNews: At Boeing, pension plan is up in the air, and 401(k) is grounded

If the recent advocacy by unions shows anything, it’s that people would prefer the security of defined-benefit plans, said Karen Friedman, executive director at the Pension Rights Center.

Blogs & Newsletters
10/16/24

Pension Rights Center Mourns Death of Board of Directors Member Ian Lanoff

The board and staff of the Pension Right Center were saddened by the death on September 29 of our long-time friend, colleague and esteemed board member, Ian D. Lanoff. He was 82.  “Ian’s passing is an enormous loss not only to those who knew him, but to millions of Americans who will never know his […]

Events
10/15/24

Ralph Nader Toasts the PRC on its 48th Anniversary

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