Blogs & Newsletters
11/30/15

This is what we do: help people

My colleague Kyle often brings to my attention news articles that might merit a response from us. Sometimes the article contains a factual error. Sometimes we disagree with a statement in the article and write an opposing view in a letter to the editor. Sometimes we have additional information to add. Back in March, Kyle […]

PRC In the News
11/25/15|Workforce Management

Retirement Issue Gets Presidential ‘I Beg Your Pardon?’

The race to the Oval Office is shaping up, and people like Brianna Buch are noticing one sizable employment issue is getting little attention from presidential candidates: retirement. Buch joked that if recording artist Kanye West gets serious about running for president in 2020 and if he starts talking about retirement issues — maybe, just […]

Blogs & Newsletters
11/23/15

A big step forward for state-based initiatives

For the past 15 years, one of the Center’s top priorities has been to find innovative ways of finishing the formidable task of expanding pensions and retirement savings for the about 50 percent of the workforce – 70 million Americans – who are not currently participating in an employer-sponsored retirement savings or pension plan. Getting […]

PRC In the News
11/16/15|It Takes 2 with Jack and Amy -- KFGO

Why Retirees Are Losing Their Pensions (AUDIO)

You didn’t read wrong. Retirees, after working for 30 years or more, will lose up to 70% of their pensions. These are some of our neighbors & friends. As a result of Congress’ 2015 omnibus spending bill, the pensions of up to 400,000 Americans, many of whom spent lifetimes working here, will see their pensions […]

PRC In the News
11/15/15|The Dispatch/Rock Island Argus

Teamsters Local 371 organizes to protest pension cuts

Fred Lowry, a truck driver for 57 years, is facing a cut of $10,000 a year from his $33,600 annual pension unless federal action is taken on a controversial pension restructuring plan.

Speeches & Statements
11/14/15

Speech by Karen Friedman to the Minneapolis Teamsters Committee (November 14, 2015)

Good morning, my friends from the Pension Rights Committee. I’ve flown in from Washington, D.C., and I know I’m in a fighting mood – and I bet you are too. Minnesotans, let’s get mad! Many of you met me when I was here last April, so you know that I’m the executive vice president and […]

PRC In the News
11/11/15|Star Tribune

Retiree benefits are facing many threats

Retirees face a less secure future due to decisions soon to come from the U.S. Supreme Court, due to changes to Social Security and Medicare, and due to the enactment of the Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act. They deserve full disclosure and the truth.

PRC In the News
11/11/15|Oye! Times

So, You Think That You Have The Right To A Pension?

As a baby boomer, my interest in pension plans has grown as I approach the magic age when “mailbox money” will appear in my bank account every month. When I entered the workforce in the late 1970s, pension plans were a foundation of every employment contract along with a monthly salary and health insurance. We […]

PRC In the News
11/10/15|Bloomberg BNA's Pension & Benefits Reporter

Lawmakers Announce Principles for Bill As Alternative to DOL Fiduciary Rule

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers teamed to release a set of “best interest” principles to form the basis of financial education and advice legislation they are developing to counter the Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule.

Blogs & Newsletters
11/06/15

The fight to protect savers from bad financial advice heats up

The U.S. Department of Labor’s effort to update its fiduciary rules – rules that protect Americans trying to save for retirement – has reached yet another new level. After asking the public for its thoughts on its proposal to close a loophole that, among other things, allows financial advisers to enrich themselves at the expense […]