20,000 Union Members, Retirees at Risk of Losing Pension Benefits
“The guy who worked harder got hit the hardest,” Wargo said. “If you could prove that it [the cuts] would keep the plan solvent for 100 some odd years I’d take it, but it’s baloney. There are other ways this could have been mended instead of singling out a group of people.”
Don’t lose your retirement plan when you move!
By Joellen Leavelle A few weeks ago, the Pension Rights center moved to a new office. We’ve had to update our mailing address with the post office, vendors, people on our email list and just about anyone you can think of. Millions of people move every day, too, and they do the same thing – […]
Teamsters get a reprieve from pension cuts
Thousands of upstate retired Teamsters have dodged a potential pension cut, at least for now, thanks to a recent decision by the federal government.
OP-ED: Why U.S. Supreme Court must stand up for retired Americans
Hospitals that masquerade as religiously affiliated institutions do their employees and themselves a grave disservice.
Hospital Pension Plans Seek Salvation at SCOTUS
The oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court over the ability of religiously affiliated hospitals to treat their pension plans as “church plans” amounted to a 60-minute catechism on statutory interpretation and legislative history.
Senate overturns rules to help cities offer retirement plans to workers
In a 50-49 vote, the Senate quashed Labor Department rules from the Obama administration that would have made it easier for cities to provide government-run retirement plans to private sector workers.
In absence of help from archdiocese, N.J. pensioners put faith in U.S. Supreme Court
While adversaries argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last week, 79 people who once worked at St. James Hospital in Newark watched the clock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
PBGC girds for pending union plan catastrophe
Only one struggling multiemployer pension fund has landed on the doorstep of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. so far after failing to win Treasury Department approval to reduce benefits, but the agency’s dire financial condition has officials predicting painful cuts for more than 1 million multiemployer plan participants projected to need its help.
Devil in the Details as Justices Mull Church Pension Cases
The pension benefits of more than 300,000 hospital workers will be at stake when the U.S. Supreme Court convenes on March 27, and it’s anybody’s guess what the justices will want to discuss.
Speech by Karen Friedman at a meeting of the National Education Association Retirees’ Organization (March 8, 2017)
Hello NEA retirees! It’s great to be here! Thanks for inviting me this morning 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 […]
Threatened pension cuts will test Trump ties to U.S. Rust Belt voters
Karen Friedman has been traveling the country speaking at meetings of retired union members – and they are angry. What riles them is the prospect of deep cuts in promised pension benefits, and they are hoping for relief from President Donald Trump.
Bill to Rescind DOL Rule Extending Pension Coverage Sparks Fierce Debate
In a move that is sparking a firestorm of protest regarding the extension of retirement plans to uncovered workers, the US House of Representatives advanced two bills to overturn federal rules that would make it simpler for states to start individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for private-sector workers who do not have 401(k)s.
