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  • Three Things You Need to Know During Retirement Security Week

    On behalf of all of us at the National Public Pension Coalition, we want to wish you a happy Retirement Security Week! Every year during the third week of October, we recognize the importance of defending the pensions public workers…

  • Why 401(k)s have caused the retirement security crisis
    retirement

    Today’s post was written by NPPC’s Executive Director Bridget Early.  Readers of Defined Benefit know that NPPC has been shining a light on the failings of the defined contribution 401(k). Since its inception in the 1980s as a retirement savings…

  • PUBLIC PENSIONS GREATLY BENEFIT RURAL AREAS
    The pension crisis is a myth

    For the second week of Retirement Security Month, we are highlighting a post from January 2019 on public pensions and rural areas.  We’ve been talking a lot this month about the economic benefits of public pensions at both the state and national levels. Through…

  • Submit a Story for Retirement Security Month
    public pensions

    For the second year in a row, NPPC is celebrating Retirement Security Month during the month of October. This month, we will be sharing some of our favorite content, including op-eds, videos, and worker stories. In the spirit of the…

  • Share Your Story: Sheila

    Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzacZ93533Q&list=PLqa1XH6sllcggbYiw5XTP1n1gtOOXcVl5&index=25″]

  • NPPC Celebrates 12 Years!
    retirement security

    Twelve years ago, the National Public Pension Coalition (NPPC) was established. In 2007, public pensions were under attack, and since then, we’ve seen many of the same anti-pension opponents continue to demean public employees and their hard-earned pensions. NPPC has…

  • Share Your Story: Rohan

    Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMWMGRdsPlM”]

  • Don’t Believe the Echo Chamber: Closing Pension Plans is a Bad Idea
    retirement

    This month, we wrote about The Truth About Cost Sharing and Pew Charitable Trusts using pension plans in Tennessee, South Dakota, and Wisconsin as examples of cost-sharing policy. We went on to debunk the assertion that cost-sharing policies are the…

  • Share Your Story: Kay

    Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://youtu.be/wiNRhvSY4iU”]

  • CAFR show pensions still better than 401(k)s
    public pensions

    In a piece that was published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Emma Donahue, Secure PERA’s program manager makes the argument that a pension provides a more secure retirement than a 401(k) and PERA’s most recent CAFR report proves it.…

  • Share Your Story: Eve

    Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85pTGUrOGtM&list=PLqa1XH6sllcggbYiw5XTP1n1gtOOXcVl5&index=5″]

  • The truth about cost-sharing

    This year and last year, many have used the term cost-sharing when referring to certain types of pension policy. In particular, Pew Charitable Trusts has been advocating for cost-sharing in pension plans across the nation using pension plans in Tennessee,…