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John H.
Thank you for hearing our voices on help with our Pension Benefits!! Most of all a big thank you goes out to Bernie Sanders!!! You surely have our vote for President!!! My wife and I stand to lose our house and other assets if Central States goes ahead with their plans. This is our only […]
Martha Evans
In May 2009 after returning from an overseas trip, I find a letter from the NYS Teacher’s Retirements System saying that I have been overpaid for the last 3 years and now they are going to want over $29,000 back. I had retired in July of 2006. The letter stated “this law and that law”, […]
Larry P.
It took me 40 years to lock in a 30 year pension from the teamsters. I was 62 years old when I had to stop working because I was diagnosed with cancer. I drove truck for a national freight company. This company I worked for is still paying in to the pension fund. I cannot […]
Bill A.
I retired 15 years ago this May after the warehouse I worked at closed. I am 68 years old and have several health issues. I had triple heart by-pass surgery, 6 stents in my heart after the surgery, I had surgery on both arms & legs, skin cancer, high blood pressure, and arthritis. I was […]
Thomas S.
I worked for UPS for 32 years. Now I am losing half my pension and am not able to work outside of the job of taking care of my wife who is over 50 years old is confined to wheelchair with Parkinson’s. How am I supposed to make it after losing 19,000k a year? Central […]
Tim A.
I worked 33 years as a local 200 Teamster and worked for numerous companies trying to keep going to earn my pension. I too left early with health issues and am glad I did. I paid $500 a month for some crummy health insurance till I got Medicare. I never got much vacation time because […]
Linda S.
Elbert Lawler Jr. worked in US Reduction in Russellville, Alabama. He dies in 1981, but they sold to Wabash Alloy in 1984. They ended up closing in 2002. They paid their employees retirement lump sum, or I think sold it to some Insurance company. Whichever they wanted, they did end up paying some windows lump. […]
James M.
I had to retire early due to a cripple disease that hit my muscular system screwing up the ability to be on my feet more than fifteen minutes. This, in addition to Tinnitus, would make hearing a bosses order difficult which now has me stuck, trying to live on disability. If it were not for […]
Anoymous
The clock is ticking. The stress and the uncertainty are growing with each day. That being known, I thought that I would contact a few of my creditors and see what help I can expect as the result of my pension being cut 53%. I believed that if I approached them we could work out […]
Mary G.
I don’t have a pension, but serve as a trustee on several. Pensioners are not to blame; severe deregulation of financial industry, the crash, and declining number of actives and declining number of companies which employ union labor are contributors to this problem. I know my comments don’t provide a solution–I just want everyone to […]
Jerry M.
After working for UPS for 36 years, I cannot believe that my pension I being cut 50%. UPS is a billion dollar company and should cover their retirees, not only those who retired after 2007. It’s one thing if a company goes out of business or goes bankrupt, maybe then a pension cut is reasonable, […]
Taylor C.
My 25 year pension through Road Carriers 707 in New York was cut by 50% on February 1st, 2016. My wife and I are already feeling the hit. I worked 30 years in the union and this is what we get through no fault of our own. I cannot believe this can happen in America, […]
