Pensions
Must pension funds prove losses before they can sue?
April 29, 2011Must public pension funds prove they lost money before they can sue as a class against the corporations involved? That's the problem the Supreme Court wrestled with, in a case that pitted a non-profit foundation against...
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Court green lights union pension lawsuit vs. financier
February 4, 2011BOSTON (PAI) - In one of the first cases affecting unions and their members to emerge from Wall Street's financial finagling, a federal appeals court in Boston gave the go-ahead to a class action suit by...
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Cutting Social Security — where does your congressperson stand?
October 12, 2010There is a pledge to protect Social Security that has already been endorsed by more then 100 members of Congress. Where does yours stand?
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European unions set to march for “Robin Hood taxes”
September 14, 2010Next in the "rising tide of world labor protest" file comes the September 29 labor actions in Europe.
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Unions join drive to save Social Security
August 3, 2010Labor organizations joined 59 other groups on July 29 to unveil a mass movement to protect Social Security from an Obama administration-named deficit-cutting commission.
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