Pension

Protecting retirement for all
What caused the pension crisis we are hearing so much about? [Answer: Not us]
Aren’t pensions the root cause of our budget problems? [No]
Aren’t all public workers retiring with bloated public pensions? [What do you think?]

The steady assault on public workers’ pensions seems to gain ground each day. To fight it, we need to be informed. And we need to also help reform the system that yes, gets abused all too often by top-level management.

How you can help: Join the Retirement Security Team (PDF)

New report “Black and Latino Retirement (In)Security” finds that black and Latino seniors face even tougher times in retirement than American seniors as a whole.
“For me, our country’s looming retirement security crisis crosses racial and economic lines,” said George Burnett, a peace officer and probation counselor with Santa Clara County. “We need to figure out how to create retirement security for all Americans who have put in their fair share of work.”

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