Wellstone Takes Pension Fight to Senate
The National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) announced
that Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota) has introduced SB
2904 – the Senate equivalent of HR 1322, the Emergency
Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act.
The retiree lobbying group said in its announcement that it
now has 93 Representatives from Congress signed on as
co-sponsors of HR 1322 and urged members of the public to
contact their lawmaker to get his or her support for the
reform efforts.
“We want to make it perfectly clear that the incumbents of
both parties are responsible for the mess that has been
created by their unwillingness to confront and challenge the
way companies have reduced and cancelled their benefits
during the 1990’s,” the NRLN statement said. ” These plans,
both benefit and pension, have been altered so as to transfer
unacceptable risks to workers and retirees.”
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