Pew Pushing Biased Poll in Quest to Dismantle Public Pensions
Pew Center on the States has dug itself deeper into a hole by publicizing misleading findings from a biased poll about dismantling the public pension system.
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Kentucky Lawmakers Abandon Costly Pew Pension Proposals Kentucky Lawmakers Abandon Costly Pew Pension Proposals
The National Public Pension Coalition, a coalition of organizations representing millions of teachers, nurses, police, firefighters, and other public sector employees, issued the following statement in response to the House’s passage of Kentucky pension bill SB2 that was stripped of…
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Louisiana Taxpayers and Public Employees Win with Court’s Pension Ruling Louisiana Taxpayers and Public Employees Win with Court’s Pension Ruling
The just-announced unconstitutionality of the Louisiana cash balance plan, along with the fact that Rhode Island’s pension-slashing bill is also tied up in courts with challenges to its constitutionality, should serve as a cautionary tale to other governors who want…
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NPPC Statement on Pew’s “A Widening Gap in Cities” NPPC Statement on Pew’s “A Widening Gap in Cities”
The National Public Pension Coalition, a coalition of organizations representing millions of teachers, nurses, police, firefighters, and other public sector employees, issued the following statement in response to today’s Pew Charitable Trusts report on public pensions and retiree healthcare.
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ICYMI: Public unions criticize Pew’s involvement in Kentucky pension issue ICYMI: Public unions criticize Pew’s involvement in Kentucky pension issue
As legislatures across the country try to slash public pension benefits for hard-working firefighters, librarians, teachers, and police officers, Pew Center on the States and the Arnold Foundation are working behind the scenes playing the role of puppet-master.
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ALEC’s Latest Target: Public Pensions ALEC’s Latest Target: Public Pensions
ALEC, now infamous for its corporate-backed “model legislation” and annual convention, released its 2013 legislative priorities this week—and has identified public pensions as one of its latest targets.
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Harkin proposes universal pension coverage Harkin proposes universal pension coverage
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, unveiled two proposals Friday to address what he calls “disappearing pensions.”
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ICYMI: Poverty rates rising for older Americans without Defined-Benefit plans, NIRS finds ICYMI: Poverty rates rising for older Americans without Defined-Benefit plans, NIRS finds
This study is a solemn reminder that state politicians’ efforts to enact pension-slashing legislation are a cause for serious concern for millions of middle-class Americans planning to retire in the coming years.
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California pension reform needs thought California pension reform needs thought
A campaign is being waged by pension fund critics to push the Legislature to quickly enact “reform” measures.
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Poverty Rate Nearly Doubles for Americans Lacking Pensions Poverty Rate Nearly Doubles for Americans Lacking Pensions
Rates of poverty among older households lacking pension income were approximately nine times greater than the rates among older households with DB pension income in 2010, up from six times greater in 2006 a new study calculates.
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Bankrupt cities? Don’t blame unions Bankrupt cities? Don’t blame unions
From reading the voluminous accounts of the fiscal woes of Stockton and San Bernardino, you’d think that municipal unions and feckless city officials are primarily what led these cities down the path to fiscal ruin.
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Providing All Californians with Retirement Security Providing All Californians with Retirement Security
In the past decade the number of California workers with access to a retirement plan at work has plummeted.