Aug 24, 2017 ... Joining a union simply means that you and your colleagues have a say ... That  could mean securing wage increases, better access to health care, ... to enact  certain laws that govern fees paid by workers in unionized private .... Union  membership and share of income going to the top 10 percent, 1917–2015 ...
Sep 30, 2011 ... USA Today's figures include both pension and retiree health costs and are ... For  FERS, most federal employees contribute 0.85 percent of pay, with the ... they  offer comparable to the guaranteed benefits from a defined benefit plan; ... Once  people retire, I convert their DC accounts to a joint and survivor ...
CalPERS's corruption, insider dealing, and politicized investments have  overwhelmed ... help fund CalPERS's pensions and ultimately guarantee them,  so they might ... An employee's pension equaled 1.43 percent of his average  salary over his last ... In 1961, California enhanced non-public-safety state  workers' retirement ...
Jan 30, 2017 ... The cost of paying down $50 billion in unfunded retirement benefits, plus ... “I don 't believe people understand that a lack of paying the bills as ... Pensions for  public school teachers;; Pensions for state employees; ... Since then they've  averaged 10 percent growth per year, and now approach $5.6 billion.
Oct 24, 2011 ... The Postal Service is supposed to make a $5.5 billion payment to its ... Service  workers have a retiree health care benefit in addition to their ... Thanks to these  prefunding payments, the Postal Service has ... The often non-existent  accounting issues unions want to talk about don't .... Something went wrong.
We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything.