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Cuts in Multiemployer Pension Plans Hurt Older Americans

07/12/2019 | AARP

For 30 years, Mary Fry's husband, Virgil, worked in construction. The pension he earned — $3,568 per month — was guaranteed to continue for Mary if he died first. More...

Elliot freezing pension plan for 600+ workers

06/29/2019 | New Hampshire Union Leader

Elliot Health System is freezing the pensions of more than 600 employees at year’s end in a move that will save several million dollars a year.

“It’s not like we’re taking a pension benefit away and opening up an ice cream stand,” health system President Greg Baxter said in an interview.

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Opinion: Want a pension in retirement? Here’s how to create one

06/18/2019 | MarketWatch

Remember the good old days, when workers retired with a gold watch and a pension? They’re long gone, of course.

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America’s retirement accounts are growing, but not fast enough

06/12/2019 | CNBC

America’s retirement accounts are growing, but not fast enough.

Vanguard has released its annual How America Saves 2019 report. It’s a snapshot of the state of retirement in America that focuses on defined benefit accounts, which are mostly in the form of 401(k)s.

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New tactics being deployed in challenging church plans

05/27/2019 | Pensions & Investments

Participants in pension plans exempt from federal regulation due to their church plan status are forging ahead with legal and legislative challenges and some new tactics, despite a 2017 Supreme Court decision that did not go their way.

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Baseball’s pension rules changed after legally blind pitcher in Orlando last played in 1971. Now he needs help

05/09/2019 | Orlando Sentinel

As a baseball game filled the television screen below it, a portrait of Bill Denehy in better days hung on the wall.

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Sanders promises to block cuts to pension benefits if elected

05/08/2019 | The Hill

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) vowed on Wednesday to place a moratorium on cuts to pension benefits overseen by the federal government if he is elected president in 2020.

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Retirees, Weigh a Pension Lump Sum Offer Carefully

04/29/2019 | Kiplinger

If your pension plan offers you a lump-sum payout, should you take the money and run?

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‘Saint Constance’ Fixes the Unfixable as Patron of Lost Pensions

04/25/2019 | Bloomberg Law

There’s no such thing as a lost cause to Constance Donovan. More...

Do away with the red tape that blocks retirees from their pensions

04/24/2019 | The Boston Globe

Thank you to Sean P. More...

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