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Lame Duck Congress May Rush Pension Bill [1]

December 4, 2014: Congress is nearing a vote on arguably the biggest change to private pension law in decades.

The proposed reforms would grant sweeping new authority to the trustees of some “deeply troubled [2]” multi-employer pension plans to slash benefits promised to current retirees—something that’s illegal under existing law.

See what you can do to help head off this sneak attack [3].

Click here [4] to read more at In These Times.

Issues: 
Pension and Benefits [5]

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[1] http://www.tdu.org/news/lame-duck-congress-may-rush-pension-bill
[2] http://webiva-downton.s3.amazonaws.com/71/59/b/39/1/Solutions_Not_Bailouts.pdf
[3] https://tdu.org/news/act-now-stop-sneak-attack-cut-pensions
[4] http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/17413/lame_duck_congress_nears_last_minute_vote_on_sweeping_pension_reform
[5] http://www.tdu.org/issues/pension-and-benefits