Pensions
Steelworker runs for Ohio council seat
August 30, 2013BROOKLYN, Ohio - When Republicans in the Ohio legislature passed Senate Bill 5, designed to wipe out public workers' pensions, in 2011, it was personal for young Marc Bukszar.
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Fire Fighter leader blasts hypocritical politicians
August 28, 2013The nation's politicians, from the federal government on down to city halls, are hypocritical in praising Fire Fighters and other first responders, then cutting public safety budgets.
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Social Security turns 78
August 14, 2013President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, providing, for the first time ever, guaranteed income for retirees and creating a system of unemployment benefits.
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Today in labor history: California school workers organize union
August 9, 2013On Aug. 9, 1927, 10 school custodians met in Oakland, Calif., to form what was to become the 230,000-member California School Employees Association, representing school support staff throughout the state.
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Doesn’t feel like shared sacrifice to Detroit’s pensioners
August 7, 2013"We have retirees who are in their eighties and nineties - are they supposed to get a job?"
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