January 8, 2021
Welcome to 2021’s first edition of This Week in Pensions! This is the news you need to know in the fight for a secure retirement. Before you dive into our top stories from this week, check out some stories of …
November 20, 2020
Welcome to this week’s edition of This Week in Pensions! This is the news you need to know in the fight for a secure retirement. Before you dive into our top stories from this week, check out some stories of …
May 1, 2020
Welcome to May’s first edition of This Week in Pensions! We have gathered stories about pensions and retirement security from the previous week. This is the news you need to know in the fight for a secure retirement. Before we …
May 1, 2020
Don’t let the debate over a federal bailout for states — which every state is going to need, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic — get hijacked by what we’re going to call the “pension pariah.” President Trump and …
January 31, 2020
Welcome to this month’s last edition of This Week in Pensions! We have gathered the best stories about pensions and retirement security from the previous week. This is the news you need to know in the fight for a secure …
January 29, 2020
Anti-pension ideologues will often use the same false attacks on pensions and retirement security for public employees. Today we’ve compiled three common misconceptions about pensions and explained why they are false. 1. Retired public employees automatically receive cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) …
Today, Rodger from Wyoming shares how public employees give back to their communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPY-PWQSrY
Check out the latest in pension news! https://protectpensions.org/2021/05/14/week-pensions-may-14-2021/
"More than half of working age adults surveyed said they were concerned about their ability to achieve retirement security in a study done by the National Institute on Retirement Security." http://ow.ly/ZYa350EHuvf
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Today, we break down the differences between cash balance, DB pension, and defined-contribution (DC) plans and why DB plans are the best way to provide a secure retirement for dedicated public employees. https://protectpensions.org/2021/05/12/defined-benefit-isnt-defined-benefit/
From donating to food banks to helping their neighbors and protecting their communities, public employees have been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://protectpensions.org/2021/05/11/public-employee-stories-may-11-2021/
