Category: Retirees
- 05/02/12 Retirees Organize 1,300 in Puerto Rico Joint organizing campaign signs up retired public employees for automatic dues deduction with AFSCME.
- 01/20/12 Policy Experts: Public Pensions Should Be Strengthened, Not Eliminated Panel addresses efforts to diminish retirement security for working, middle-class Americans.
- 01/17/12 Rhode Island Decision Victory for Retirees Judge says City of Pawtucket cannot unilaterally cut health benefits promised to retired employees.
- 01/17/12 Fear of Inadequate Retirement Savings Forcing More Older Americans to Keep Working Shift from secure employee pension plans to riskier 401(k) plans is largely to blame.
- 11/22/11 Court Says a Promise Is a Promise California Supreme Court rules cities and counties cannot reduce health benefits promised to existing retirees.
- 11/05/11 AFSCME Retirees’ $10,000 Boosts Ohio Campaign Donation helps We Are Ohio educate state residents about the anti-worker Issue 2.
- 05/10/11 Shining a Light on House GOP Budget Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid The Republican budget plan replaces Medicare with a voucher system and slashes Medicaid spending.
- 04/26/11 Telling the Whole Story About Public Employee Pension Funds Pew Center on the States portrays the public pension system as "broken," but the facts don't back that up.
- 09/29/10 Wake Up, Washington! Securing Retirement Americans should be able to enjoy a secure retirement after a lifetime of work. AFSCME is participating in “Wake Up, Washington!” Month to encourage Americans across the country to tell lawmakers to keep their hands off Social Security [...]
- 08/25/10 New Jersey's Pension Fraud Hurts Investors, Taxpayers and Retirees Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did something it has never done before. It charged the state of New Jersey with fraudulently misleading investors about the health of the state's pension plan
