The Pension Rights Center is the country’s only consumer organization dedicated solely to protecting and promoting the retirement security of American workers, retirees, and their families. To learn more about the Center's Pension Help, Pension Policy and Pension Action activities, read our About Us page.
The Pension Rights Center is a convener of Retirement USA, an initiative working for a new future retirement system to supplement Social Security. Retirement USA's Re-Envisioning Retirement Security conference took place in Washington, D.C. on October 21, 2009, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis delivering the keynote address. Learn more about the event.
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PRC Communications Director Nancy Hwa is quoted in an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about traditional pensions. (June 24, 2010) |
| The Pension Rights Center and seven other organizations sent a letter to members of the U.S. Senate, urging them to restore provisions to H.R. 4213 that would make 401(k) fees more transparent and straightforward. (June 15, 2010) |
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The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to Senator Max Baucus and the rest of the U.S. Senate, expressing its strong support for provisions in H.R. 4213 that require better disclosure of 401(k) fees. (June 8, 2010) |
| Pension Rights Center Director Karen Ferguson is quoted in a June 5 story about church pension plans in the Wall Street Journal. Read our fact sheet and a blog entry about church pension plans. (June 7, 2010) |
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Think the government wants to take your
401(k) money? Think again. (June 1, 2010) |
| Pension Rights Center Senior Policy Adviser Norman Stein testified at a hearing before the Senate HELP Committee on the funding of multiemployer pensions. (May 27, 2010) |
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Pension Rights Center Director Karen Ferguson was quoted in a story about problems with church pension plans on All Things Considered. (May 26, 2010) |
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The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to the House of Representatives in support of provisions in H.R. 4213 that require better disclosure of 401(k) fees. In addition, the IRS has announced new rules related to company stock in 401(k) plans. (May 20, 2010) |
| Publisher Condé Nast was added our list of companies that have frozen their traditional pension plans. (May 14, 2010) |
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The Pension Rights Center sent a letter to Senator Blanche Lincoln urging her to keep important protections for pension plans when they enter into swaps involving derivatives. (May 13, 2010) |
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The Pension Rights Center submitted comments to the Department of Labor on proposed regulations for ensuring that investment advice is unbiased and free from conflict of interest. (May 5, 2010) |
| May is Older Americans Month! Read about one of the ways that we will be helping to observe this annual event. (May 5, 2010) |
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We submitted comments to the Departments of Labor and Treasury in response to their Request for Information on annuitization (making retirement income last a lifetime through periodic payments). We are also one of several groups that submitted a response as the Women's Pension Coalition. (May 3, 2010) |
| Find out why a group of "billionaires" were protesting in Washington, D.C., yesterday. (April 29, 2010) |
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BNA Pension & Benefits Reporter published a commentary from the Pension Rights Center supporting pension funding relief that protects workers and retirees. (April 27, 2010) |
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