Recent Press Releases
Chicken Little Pension CalPERS Claims Aren't Coming Home to Roost
CRS Statement on Ruling Against Wall Street Creditors in Stockton Bankruptcy Case
Boston College Study: Pension “reforms” will offset impact of financial downturn on state, local pension costs
CRS Statement on CalPERS 13.3% Gain in 2012
Pension Bashers Admit Push to Slash Retirement Security in California has "Gone Flat"
Californians for Retirement Security Statement on Pension Bill Signing
Pension Legislation (AB 340) a "Political Overreaction"
Shocking pension reform plan would also hurt middle class
Public Employees Outraged at Pension-Gutting Plan
CPF President Lou Paulson's Statement on the Proposed Pension Legislation:
CAPS STATEMENT ON CHANGES TO STATE PENSION SYSTEM
CTA President Dean Vogel: Governor Brown’s Pension Reform Agreement will not Move California Forward
Field Poll Shows Voter Support Falters for Dramatic Pension Changes
Pension proposals "deeply flawed and deserve public scrutiny"
Statement on Pension Measures in San Jose and San Diego
Republican Lawmakers Play Politics with Pensions Rather than Seeking Real Solutions
Pensionomics 2012: Defined Benefit Pensions Support $1 Trillion in U.S. Economic Activity
Californians for Retirement Security Applauds Suspension of Pension Measures
Gov. Jerry Brown Details Unacceptable Assault on Current and Future Public Employees
New Research: Pension Gutting Proposals will Unduly Harm Low-Wage Workers and cost Taxpayers More
Public Employees Respond to Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State Address
California's Bain Capital Connection: "Vulture Capitalists" Funding
Sacramento Bee: Backers of Calif. public pension overhaul lag in fundraising effort
Public Employees’ Statement on Pension Measure Titles and Summaries
LAO: GOP Pension-Slashing Measures Would Mean "Large Uncertainty" and $1 Billion a Year in New Costs for at Least 30 Years
Public Employees Respond to Stanford Report
Public Employees Respond to Field Poll on Pensions
Public Employees and Retirees Share Stories, Dispel Myths
Californians for Retirement Security Statement on LAO Analysis of Governor’s Pension Proposals
Public Employees Respond to Governor’s Pension Proposals
Pension Truth Squad: Public Employees Are Doing Their Part
California Public Employees to Legislators: Pension Changes Must Be Fair
Pension Truth Squad to Appear in Carson before Legislative Hearing
Action Alert: Proposed New Accounting Rules Could Cost Public Employees, Taxpayers
Pension Truth Squad Appears in Modesto
Public Employees Support Constructive Efforts to Evaluate Pensions
Happy Labor Day: Rich Get Richer; Working Families Get Attacked
Sacramento News & Review: Will public pensions really cause a fiscal ‘tsunami,’ or do critics have a case of pension envy?
LAO: Measure to Hike State Retirement Age Likely Would Cause More Harm Than Good
More Family Feuding in Pensionreformville?
And the billionaire is…
We Won’t Get Fooled Again
Statement by Dave Low, Chairman of Californians for Retirement Security, Regarding California Pension Funds' Largest Gains in Years
Pension Truth Squad Appears in Fresno
CalPERS Legal Analysis: Legally Challenged Pension-Gutting Proposals Could Hit Taxpayers in the Wallet
CalPERS: Pensions generated $26 billion in economic activity in California
Dave Low on 2011-12 Budget: Public Employees Stepped Up; Pension Busters Got Greedy
Marcia Fritz: When you’re in a hole… keep digging?
Pension Truth Squad Stops in Chico
California Professional Firefighters' Special Report Shatters Public Pension Myths
Salon: Public sector pension funds: Not dead yet
In Costa Mesa, are extremists playing politics with people's lives?
Niello’s Pension Busting Measure Lands Where it Belongs: Cutting-Room Floor
Pension Truth Squad Makes Stop in Riverside
Pension Truth Squad Makes Stop in San Diego
CalPERS: Higher Employee Contributions Reduce State Pension Costs
Public Employees and Retirees: We Support Measures to End Pension System Abuse, But We Will Fight Efforts to Gut Retirement Security
CalPERS Analysis: Flawed Pension Reform Proposals Raise Serious Concerns
DontScapegoatUs.Com Launched to Counter Attacks on Public Employees and Retirees
"Pension Truth Squad" Makes Stop at State Capitol
Californians for Health Care and Retirement Security Respond to Outdated Pew Center Pension Report
Californians for Health Care and Retirement Security Call On Pension Busters to Reveal "Secret" Out of State Donors
Public Employees and Retirees Protest Roger Niello’s Attack on Retirement Security, Urge Boycott of Multi-millionaire’s Car Dealerships
California Public Workers and Retirees Respond to PPIC Poll
Californians for Health Care and Retirement Security Talking Points
Californians for Health Care and Retirement Security Respond to Field Poll on Public Pensions
Coalition Representing Public Employees Urges Lawmakers to Protect Retirement Security
Elias: No Wisconsin here, but California unions are taking cuts aplenty
Are public workers helping our communities and state balance their budgets? You bet. This Ventura County Star column takes a look at how public employees are making sacrifices to balanced budgets.
April 11, 2011
By: Thomas D. Elias
No Wisconsin here, but unions are taking cuts aplenty
No one in California politics believes this state is about to see anything like the unprecedented statehouse live-in occupation staged earlier this year in Wisconsin, where public employee unions faced the threat of losing not just salary and benefits, but their hard-won bargaining rights.
"Of course that won't happen here," say anti-union Republicans like Stephen Frank, the former president of the arch-conservative California Republican Assembly. "The unions already own the state Capitol here."
By that, Frank and others mean that because public employee unions like the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the California Teachers Association and the Service Employees International Union were among the largest contributors to Gov. Jerry Brown's 2010 campaign and also are prime funders of many Democratic state legislators, they will enjoy a free hand as long as their people stay in power. Read the full article here.
