Lame Duck Congress May Rush Pension Bill

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” 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.

Click here to read more at In These Times.

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