Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
Retirement
Big change to law on union pensions
Pensioners could share the pain under a new law that lets trustees cut benefits to make plans solvent
Congress passes major change to law on union pensions
Told no bailout would be coming, trustees asked for the right to trim benefits to save the fund
Oregon retirees group stays busy, involved in community
Attendees call for expanding Social Security and establishing single payer health care
Congress to weigh letting union pension plans cut benefits to remain solvent
Wall Street losses are putting pension plans — and union construction firms — at risk
Unions ask Congress to let distressed pensions trim retiree benefits
10 million workers are covered by multiemployer pensions, but at least half are in serious trouble
Davis to chair IBEW’s District 9 pension fund
IBEW Local 48 business manager Clif Davis will chair a pension fund with assets of over $600 million.
