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Retirees, Watch Out: Detroit May Become Blueprint for Other Cities [1]

Curt Guyette
Labor Notes
December 2, 2014
View the original piece [2]

Here’s what’s really being missed in most snapshot explanations of Detroit’s bankruptcy: the unprecedented hit being taken by retirees [3] who believed that, after working throughout their lives, they would be secure in their old age.

And Detroit sets a dangerous precedent. Your city’s retirees may be next in the crosshairs.

Click here [2] to read more at Labor Notes.

Issues: 
Pension and Benefits [4]
Labor Movement [5]

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[1] http://www.tdu.org/media/retirees-watch-out-detroit-may-become-blueprint-other-cities
[2] http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/12/retirees-watch-out-detroit-may-become-blueprint-other-cities
[3] http://www.labornotes.org/2013/10/pension-theft-crime-wave
[4] http://www.tdu.org/issues/pension-and-benefits
[5] http://www.tdu.org/issues/labor-movement