AFSCME’s 1.6 million active and retired members have more than 1 trillion dollars in retirement assets invested in public pension systems across the country. The magnitude of these assets can make us a major player in the financial markets. We must work to ensure that this money is invested so that the retirement benefits promised to public employees are safe and secure.
Report from the Public Pension Leadership Meeting
AFSCME activists, local leaders and retirees met with key experts and allies to develop strategies and tools to defend our modest pensions against this unprecedented assault. Read More »
Best Practices for Trustees and Pension Systems
AFSCME released this report to serve as a road map for improving pension plan governance and enhancing public retiree pension plan security. Read More »
Fighting Back
2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...
Stop the Lies: Bill O'Reilly
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly is spreading falsehoods about public employee pensions. FACT: The average annual pension of an AFSCME retiree is $19,000. Add your name to stop the lies:...
Stop the Lies: Wall Street vs. Main Street
http://afsc.me/stopthelies Don't let Wall Street destroy the backbone of America! We the taxpayers bailed out Wall Street yet to divert attention, they want you to believe that public service workers...
- Jan 19Investors Announce New Shareholder Initiative Seeking Disclosure of Company Lobbying Activities
- Jan 17Imperial CEOs Targeted as AFSCME Employees Pension Plan Announces 2012 Shareholder Proposals
- Jan 17AFSCME Plan to JP Morgan: End Dimon Double Duty
- Jan 20 Policy Experts: Public Pensions Should Be Strengthened, Not Eliminated Panel addresses efforts to diminish retirement security for working, middle-class Americans. (Blog)
- Jan 18 AFSCME to Wall Street: End Dimon’s Lucrative Double Duty CEO and chairman has unyielding power over JPMorgan – and unfathomable compensation. (Blog)
- Jan 17 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. (Blog)
- Jan 13 Killing Pensions to Benefit the 1 Percent Wall Street Journal continues its push to gut the retirement security of American workers. (Blog)
- Nov 14 Rhode Island Public Employees Call on Legislature to Keep the Promise Over 5,000 union members and supporters rally at the statehouse to oppose pension overhaul plan.... (Blog)
- Sep 15 Rhode Island Public Workers Win Key Pension Ruling Judge rules R.I. public employees should have their day in court in pension battle. (Blog)
- Jun 30 Telling the Truth about Public Pension Systems Pension experts rebut the myth that public pensions are unsustainable. (Blog)
- May 31 The Main Street Movement Fights over budgets, pensions and public services are really a battle for the American Dream.... (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- May 16 State Revenues Are Coming Back. Walker Says, ‘So What?’ Despite revenue collections beating expectations, right-wing governors move ahead with plans to slash public services.... (Blog)
- Apr 26 Telling the Whole Story About Public Employee Pension Funds Pew Center on the States portrays the public pension system as "broken," but the facts... (Blog)
- Apr 14 The Effort Against Public Service Workers: The Lies Stop Here In the midst of the economic downturn, right-wing conservatives are pushing an anti-government agenda and... (AFSCME Works Magazine)
- Mar 14 Maryland AFSCME Members to Rally in Annapolis Today Protest targets proposed budget cuts to public services and education, changes to retirement security and... (Blog)
- Jan 13 Killing Pensions to Benefit the 1 Percent The Wall Street Journal continues its push to gut the retirement security of millions of... (Huffington Post)
- Jul 07 Two Firms Defy Investor Views on Pay Vote Frequency “It’s a bad precedent to ignore a majority of shareholders,” noted AFSCME’s Lisa Lindsley. (RiskMetrics)
- Jun 18 Cuomo and Pensions: A View From a Union Leader Pension costs grew due to the financial crisis, not because benefit levels are too high.... (New York Times)
- May 22 Historical civil rights figures weigh in on pension debate Video: Participants in the Memphis sanitation strike speak out in San Jose, Calif. (ABC-7 News)
- May 17 Stop Enabling Crazy CEO Pay AFSCME recently blamed the largest mutual funds for doing the least to rein in CEO... (The Motley Fool)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
