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multiemployer pension plans

Senate Throws a Pension Curveball

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Many multiemployer pensions were already severely underfunded; the just-passed budget bill reduces penalties for employers withdrawing from those plans. Aharon Friedman believes potential consequences will be dire. Via the RetireSecure blog.…Read More

March 11, 2021   |   RetireSecure Blog multiemployer pension plans, pension reform, pensions, retirement

Multiemployer Pension Bailout Plan is Fatally Flawed

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Multiemployer pension plans in the United States are in dire financial straits. It’s estimated that the retirement plans of workers and retirees covered by these plans in the mining, retail trade, construction, transportation and other such sectors face a $54 billion shortfall today.…Read More

July 16, 2019   |   News and Media defined benefit pension plans, multiemployer pension plans, pensions, retirement
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