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.
Letters, Statements & More »
- Jun 29AFSCME Letter (Sign-On): Opposes Override of President Obama's Veto of Resolution (H.J. Res 88) to Overturn DOL RuleAFSCME Letter (Sign-On): Protects Retirement Savers’ Best Interests & Opposes Override of President Obama’s Veto of Resolution (H.J. Res 88) to Overturn Labor Department’s Final Fiduciary Rule (6/21/16)
- Jun 22AFSCME President Lee Saunders on the 2016 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report
- May 27AFSCME Letter (Sign-On) Protecting Retirment Savers' Best Interest & Opposing Senate Resolution (H.J. Res 88) to Overturn DOL's Rule (5/20/16)AFSCME Letter to Congress Opposing Senate's H.J. Res. 88, a resolution to block the Department of Labor's (DOL) rule which ensures investment advisors provide advice in the best interest of retirement savers.
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- Feb 02 We Built the Middle Class, and We Can Rebuild It The benefits to workers who form a union are concrete and undeniable. Unionized workers earn... (Roll Call)
- Jul 11 PA: Prison guard union's appeal denied A Commonwealth Court panel yesterday denied an appeal by the AFSCME city prison guards union... (Daily News)
- Feb 21 Business owners urge Congress to take Medicare, Social Security cuts off the table 80 percent of business owners said they oppose proposals to save federal money by curbing... (Washington Post)
- Jan 25 Six in ten Americans oppose any cuts to Medicare and Social Security New poll finds most Americans would not be willing to see any reductions in Medicare,... (Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health)
- Sep 12 New Report on Harm to Medicare by Repealing Obamacare Repeal of the ACA would make Medicare's trust fund insolvent in 2016, and increase costs...
- Jun 28 What the Health Care Ruling Means for Medicare Medicare improvements could have evaporated had the law been overturned, so the ruling generated sighs... (The New York Times)
- 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)
- Jan 02 California pension system not in crisis Despite those who claim otherwise, the sky is not falling on the California pension system.... (San Francisco Chronicle)
- 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)
- Apr 20 Poll shows Americans oppose entitlement cuts to deal with debt problem Despite growing concerns about the country’s long-term fiscal problems and an intensifying debate in Washington... (The Washington Post)
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and... (New York Times)
