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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
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