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...
- May 11AFSCME Plan’s McEntee to JP Morgan Chase: “Don’t Hedge on Independent Board Chair; the Stakes Are Too High to Leave Jamie Dimon Unsupervised”Statement of AFSCME Plan Trustee Gerald W. McEntee on JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion loss
- May 01AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Remedy Excess Pay at Dean FoodsRecommends Vote Against Executive Compensation
- Mar 28“A Step in the Right Direction to Make Sure Wall St. CEOs Are Held Accountable”Statement of AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee following an agreement reached with Goldman Sachs to adopt a lead director
- May 14 Twitter Regulates JP Morgan Politicians, pundits and tweeters call for heavier regulation in wake of $2 billion in losses.... (Blog)
- May 04 Public Pension Opponents Argue from Both Sides to Distort Truth Dean Baker contends that politicians are “using heaping doses of the politics of envy" to... (Blog)
- Apr 19 ‘BigWhine’ Should Stop Making Myth About Workers’ Compensation Despite repeated efforts to confuse the issue, the facts show public workers are not overpaid.... (Blog)
- Apr 12 Louisiana Gov. Jindal Takes Aim at State Constitution Governor could violate state Constitution to impose changes to workers’ pensions, law firm concludes. (Blog)
- Mar 16 Scaled Back Tier 6 Plan Rammed Through N.Y. Legislature Open government gave way to backroom deals in the middle of the night. (Blog)
- Mar 13 Report: NY Governor’s Plan Cuts Retirement Security 40 Percent Study by independent organization confirms benefit cut. (Blog)
- Feb 22 DiNapoli: ‘Stop Twisting the Facts’ on Public Pensions New York State Controller warns lawmakers 401(k)-style plans provide inadequate retirement security. (Blog)
- 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)
- 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 08 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 23 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 18 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)
