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Union and employer representatives are lobbying Congress to modify the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to allow severely underfunded multiemployer pension plans to reduce the paychecks of retirees and partially suspend accrued benefits for all vested participants in an effort to keep the plans from going under.
By Kevin G. Hall, union-bulletin.com
Seemingly intractable long-term unemployment has become a national emergency that requires new and creative steps if it’s to be reversed before it does permanent damage, several high-profile economists warned Congress on Wednesday.
The Washington Times The makeup of the U.S. workforce and labor market has changed
By Richard Berman, knoxnews.com First, the good news: The Twinkie will be back on store
By Petere Schaumber, The Hill The House of Representatives will vote this week on Preventing
By John Stossel, creators.com The Senate did something this past weekend it hasn’t done in four
By Marshall Cohen, USA Today Democrats will propose a bill Tuesday to raise the minimum
