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Union retirees: Don't cut my pension --- Good Read
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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 1485535" data-attributes="member: 45230"><p>It wasn't just the Teamsters that lobbied for reduction of benefits.</p><p></p><p>The United Food and Commercial Workers Union is a heavyweight on the labor scene. It pays its president $350,000 a year. It’s holding its next executive board meeting in February at a swanky beachfront resort in <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/hollywood/" target="_blank">Hollywood</a>, Florida. And it just doled out nearly $8 million to influence the last election and lobby <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/washington/" target="_blank">Washington</a>.</p><p></p><p>But when it comes to standing by the obligation unions made to provide pensions to retirees, <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ufcw/" target="_blank">UFCW</a> pleaded poverty in persuading <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/congress/" target="_blank">Congress</a> to let chronically underfunded union pension plans cut the benefits of workers, including those already retired.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/29/big-spending-unions-got-congress-to-approve-pensio/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/29/big-spending-unions-got-congress-to-approve-pensio/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 1485535, member: 45230"] It wasn't just the Teamsters that lobbied for reduction of benefits. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union is a heavyweight on the labor scene. It pays its president $350,000 a year. It’s holding its next executive board meeting in February at a swanky beachfront resort in [URL='http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/hollywood/']Hollywood[/URL], Florida. And it just doled out nearly $8 million to influence the last election and lobby [URL='http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/washington/']Washington[/URL]. But when it comes to standing by the obligation unions made to provide pensions to retirees, [URL='http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ufcw/']UFCW[/URL] pleaded poverty in persuading [URL='http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/congress/']Congress[/URL] to let chronically underfunded union pension plans cut the benefits of workers, including those already retired. [url]http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/29/big-spending-unions-got-congress-to-approve-pensio/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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