STRIKING BOEING WORKERS MAY HAVE LEVERAGE, SAYS PENSION EXPERT TERESA GHILARDUCCI

By Rob Kozlowski Source: Pensions & Investments Machinist workers striking against Boeing Co., may have the leverage to potentially set a precedent in their demands for the company to restore its defined benefit plan, says Teresa Ghilarducci. Ghilarducci, professor of economics at The New School for Social Research and the director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and The New School’s Retirement Equity Lab, is a longtime advocate for retirement security. She said that companies like Boeing, [...]

2024-10-29T16:18:02-07:00October 29th, 2024|Categories: Defined Benefit Plans|Tags: , , |

AT THE HEART OF THE BOEING STRIKE, AN EMOTIONAL FIGHT OVER A LOST PENSION PLAN

By Joel Rose Source: KPBS At a rally here this month, machinists union vice president Gary Allen addressed a hall full of striking Boeing workers. “When I’m out on the picket line, I ask everybody, what is the strike about to you?,” he said. Allen didn’t even have a chance to answer his own question before the machinists in the room interrupted. “Pension! Pension! Pension!,” they chanted. Pensions are a major sticking point between Boeing and the union. The [...]

2024-10-29T11:47:59-07:00October 28th, 2024|Categories: Retirement|Tags: , |

The 2 downsides of defined contribution plans

Source: Yahoo! Finance Boeing machinists are voting on a new tentative labor contract that could end the five-week strike. Salvatore Capizzi, Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel Inc. executive vice president, joins Wealth! to discuss why defined benefit pensions are important for the union. "I think it comes down to the fact that we're all recognizing the fact that we are going to be living longer... If we as a society are living longer, the 401 (k)s, the traditional defined [...]

2024-10-29T11:46:55-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Categories: Retirement|Tags: , |
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