Researcher: Switching Metro Employee Pension Plan Will Increase Cost to Taxpayers

Ilana Boivie from NIRS addresses the Study & Formulating Committee in Nashville.

February 10, 2012

Researchers specializing in public and private sector retirement systems testified that switching Metro employees’ retirement plan from a pension to a 401(k) type program could cost taxpayers more money while also putting at risk the retirement security of thousands of Middle Tennessee families.

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SEIU Members Say Thank You to Jim Cooper for Healthcare Reform

Retired member Mary McCathern talks healthcare with Don Majors from Rep. Cooper's office.

At the monthly meeting of the SEIU Retiree Chapter, special guest Don Majors gave an excellent presentation on what healthcare reform means for retirees and seniors.  Majors is a former Metro Councilman and now works for Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) as the congressman's point man on healthcare in the district.  SEIU members also used the occasion to present a letter of thanks to Rep. Cooper on behalf of the thousands of SEIU members who live and work in TN-05.

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SEIU Retirees Getting Organized

Retirees Joan Parmer and Henry Cotton discuss how to recruit more members.

Retired SEIU members from the public and private sector met for their first meeting of the year. Gloria Jones, a retiree from Meharry Medical College, chaired the meeting and asked members to commit to help grow the chapter in 2010 so that retiree and senior issues would be addressed. "With the health care crisis, and the attacks on public pensions and Social Security, it is time that we step up and lead the way for the rest of Tennessee's seniors and retirees," Jones said.

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