The labor guide to retirement plans : for union organizers and employees / James W. Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, James W., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--United States.

Labor unions.

Social security--United States.

Social security.

Pensions--United States.

Pensions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Monthly Review Press, [2021]

Summary:

An essential resource for workers navigating their retirement and pension options, from the labor organizer's perspective.Researching retirement plans should not take the rest of your life, even if deciphering the relevant paperwork seems to have become a full-time job.

Contents:

Cover

THE LABOR GUIDE TO RETIREMENT PLANS

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Retirement System

PART I. SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE

2. Social Security: The National Pension Plan

3. What to Expect at Retirement

4. Not a Ponzi Scheme

5. Privatizers and Means Testers

6. Reversing Privatization

7. Medicare

PART II. EMPLOYER-SPONSORED PENSION PLANS

8. The Pension Gold Standard

9. Solvency

10. Cutbacks, Freezes, and Bankruptcies

11. The Pension Wars

PART III. EMPLOYER-SPONSORED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS

12. Origins of the 401(k)

13. Saving Up to Spend Down

14. The Lone Ranger of the 401(k)s

15. Autopsy of a Retirement Plan

16. Reversing 401(k)ization

PART IV. TOWARD BETTER RETIREMENT

17. What Is Needed

18. Retirement Security for All

Glossary

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-58367-936-7

OCLC:

1263872029