retirees
Secret White House memo says end pensions and retiree health benefits
January 11, 2019And James Sherk, the “labor” advisor for Trump’s Domestic Policy Council, also demands Trump call for enacting pension “reforms” – a code word for cuts – for the nation’s current two million federal workers.
Read moreUSW-ArcelorMittal steel talks to resume
September 29, 2015"Steel jobs provide decent living wages and help support a lot of other jobs in the community; the company wants to take that away."
Read moreSanders draws roars from union retirees
July 10, 2015Retired unionists represent the consistently largest and most-active political constituency - the elderly.
Read moreRetired people add their voices to anti-Rauner upsurge
June 12, 2015Some media and folks with cameras were threatened; told that they were violating the Homeland Security Act. Really.
Read moreSCOTUS to rule on whether retirees can get health benefits for life
November 14, 2014Can retirees get lifetime health care benefits under a union contract? That question hit the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10.
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