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PRC In the News
04/03/17|BNA Pension & Benefits Daily

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.

PRC In the News
04/03/17|CNBC.com

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.

PRC In the News
04/03/17|NJ.com

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.

PRC In the News
03/26/17|Pensions & Investments

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.

PRC In the News
03/26/17|Bloomberg BNA

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.

Speeches & Statements
03/10/17

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 […]

PRC In the News
03/09/17|Reuters

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.

PRC In the News
03/08/17|Chief Investment Officer

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.

PRC In the News
03/08/17|Albany Times Union

Teamsters face 31 percent pension cut

A total of 16,500 retirees, mostly in upstate New York with a few in New Jersey, are facing the cuts. Another 18,500 who are currently working would also be affected upon retirement.

Comments & Letters
03/03/17

Letter to U.S. Senate on Congressional Review Act resolutions to overturn the Department of Labor rule on “Savings Arrangements Established by States for Non-Governmental Employees”

The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to key leadership in the U.S. Senate urging senators to vote against two resolutions that would overturn the common-sense rule issued by the Department of Labor in 2016 to expand retirement savings opportunities for private-sector workers who are not covered by an employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a traditional […]

PRC In the News
02/28/17|NY Daily News

About one million American workers have pension plans on verge of insolvency

Nearly one million working and retired Americans are currently covered by pension plans that are in imminent danger of insolvency, according to an organization trying to help people keep their retirement earnings.

PRC In the News
02/28/17|International Business Times

How To Save For Retirement? Tips For Saving Early To Avoid Stress About What To Do When Reaching Retiring Age

Fewer than half of Americans know or have figured out how much they need for retirement – a scary thought when taken into consideration that the typical American spends about 20 years in retirement.

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