Boeing’s most recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing has revealed that CEO Jim McNerney will be paid $3.9 million a year in pension benefits for each of the next 15 years.  This revelation follows the announcement that he will retire on July 1st but will remain as chairman until February of 2016. The news [&hellip…;

  Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has blamed almost all of the state’s economic woes on unions and pensions, but a look at the numbers shows the real problem may be the small group of workers he is trying to protect.  Creating “Right-to-Work” zones and making drastic changes to the state pension system are cornerstones of [&hellip…;

  The Nevada GOP has removed Republican assemblyman Glenn Trowbridge from the Assembly Government Affairs Committee just weeks after he bucked the party line on a bill to repeal prevailing wage requirements from school construction projects.  Trowbridge was reassigned to the Assembly Judiciary Committee where he will take the spot of…

  The Memphis City Council’s new 2015 budget includes major changes to city employees’ health insurance, a big business win over workers.  City officials say the changes are necessary to offset pension costs and ensure taxes don’t rise. Firefighters are going to see a 24 percent hike in their health insurance premiums….

  In an op-ed for USA Today, David Sirota gives credit to conservative activists, business groups, and politicians for their attempts to demonize public pensions.  But this well-coordinated attempt to sway public opinion, he writes, should not result in pensions being “reformed.”  For many state and local governments, wasteful spending…

  A new investigation conducted by Former SEC Investigator and Forbes columnist Ted Siedle uncovers the misdeeds of Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo during her handling of the state’s Employee Retirement System.   Commissioned by AFSCME, the report, “Rhode Island Public Pension Reform: Wall Street’s License to…

  Members of Minnesota’s Laborers International Union of America (LiUNA!) Local 563 hit the picket line last week after negotiations broke down between 40 construction craft laborers and the manufacturer Cretex.  Working without a contract since the beginning of 2013, workers authorized a strike claiming management has failed to meet…

  In post-Chavez Venezuela, an interesting and progressive attempt at valuing family through legislation has taken shape. Labor law has been modernized to provide pensions for full-time mothers.   In this vibrant nation best known for its former leader’s antics and its recent shortage of toilet paper, promoting equality has been an…