Pension Quotations | Page 3

One of my fields of experience is with pension funds. And what this governor has done is dangerous, and I will immediately take steps to undo this.

I was stunned to see that Delphi's first offer to its workers calls for an unprecedented elimination of health care and pension benefits, and wages as low as $9 an hour,

I think to a great number of Americans, what happened in their 401(k), or in their pension program, or their IRA was something they were not able to tap anyway, and we are just basically getting back to the upward trajectory over a 10-year pattern anyway, so I don't think people are terribly paranoid about it.

It is not surprising that because of the combined effect of the double-whammy, falling assets/rising liabilities, average state pension funding levels, as of June 30, 2004, had fallen to approximately 84 percent of their previous apex four years earlier.

I think that they will file before October 17 for sure. With oil prices where they are and big pension contributions due, and without higher airfares, Northwest had no choice,

There are a lot of employees who are going to be fighting back this year. That's another story -- the employee pension revolution!

The real difficulty will be creating 1,900 good jobs for workers with high school diplomas ? full-time jobs that pay enough to raise a family, that include health and pension benefits, and that have paid sick leave and vacations. But how to do this in a global economy is a huge challenge that every country in the world is grappling with.

There is a long-term favorable backdrop to long-term securities in demand from the pension industry.

Social Security got passed because John D. Rockefeller was sick of having to take money out of his profits to pay for his workers' pension funds. Why do that, when you can just let the government take money from the workers?

We earn a good income and we negotiate pensions and health care in virtually every public and private sector of today's city economy, ... Those are all indicative a labor movement that is alive and kicking.