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Pensions or 401(k)s? It's an issue for striking Boeing workers and others

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 24, 2024
The shift in the private sector from pensions to 401(k)s has been going on for decades, but now there’s more pushback from workers.
Boeing moved from pensions to 401(k)s 10 years ago. Striking workers want pensions back.
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Turkey’s retirees feel inflation’s pressures ahead of second-round election 

by Victoria Craig
May 25, 2023
In 2021, the Istanbul Political Research Institute found that 12% of Turks over 65 were still working, in part because pensions are not adequate.
People sit at a tea house in Sincan, a district outside of Ankara’s city center where a majority of voters supported President Erdogan in the first-round of elections on May 14.
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Could companies be persuaded to bring back pensions?

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 9, 2023
Why defined pension plans could make a comeback in a tight labor market.
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U.S. Postal Service is a big employer of veterans

by Justin Ho
Aug 19, 2020
The USPS says veterans make up roughly one-sixth of its workforce.
The federal pension the USPS offers is one part of what makes the job attractive to veterans.
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Police departments have spent millions in overtime during protests

by Janet Nguyen
Jul 3, 2020
While activists call for redirecting police funding, overtime compensation can exceed cities' budgeted amounts. Sometimes officers are paid in comp time.
New York Police Department officers gather during a rally following the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020, in New York City.
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California communities see increases in pension costs

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 6, 2020
For every dollar the state's public agencies pay in wages this year, those employers will have to fork over 25 cents on average to CalPERS to cover retiree benefits.
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FAQ: The differences between a pension and a 401(k)

by Samantha Fields
Oct 9, 2019
An explanation of how they work and which one is better.
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An unintended consequence of the GOP tax law: bigger pensions for some

by Janet Nguyen and David Brancaccio
Jun 4, 2018
A decrease in the corporate tax rate gave companies more of an incentive to funnel money into defined-benefit pension plans.
There is a “considerable amount of concern that middle-income Americans are not saving enough for their retirement,” says Joseph Cordes of George Washington University.
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Puerto Rico governor says to people in informal housing "It's time to go"

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Apr 27, 2018
We check in with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on housing, education, pensions, and who is actually in charge.
Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló in his office in San Juan in 2018.
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How America's retirement savings system needs to change

by Janet Nguyen
Sep 29, 2017
Putnam Investments' CEO has some ideas for making defined contribution plans more relevant.
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