AFSCME Resources
- The Truth About Public Employee Retirement Plans
- In Defense of Public Pensions
Talking points to help you defend our members against pension takebacks - Pension Basics
- Enhancing Public Retiree Pension Plan Security: Best Practice Policies for Trustees and Pension Systems
Other Key Resources
- Still a Better Bang for the Buck: Update on the Economic Efficiencies of Pensions
Research from the National Institute on Retirement Security - National Public Pension Coalition
- Public Employee Retirement Systems
Contact a pension benefits specialist
Brian Klopp
Pension Benefits Specialist
bklopp@afscme.org
202-429-5057
News and reports
Pension updates from the AFSCME Information Highway blog
Latest updates
- Graying of U.S. Bankruptcy: Fallout from Life in a Risk Society
- Analyzing the Interplay Between Public-Pension Finances and Governmental Finances: Lessons from Linking an Economic Model to a Pension Fund Model
- Present consequences of unfunded pension liabilities and ways forward
- Local government – Minnesota – Legislation will reduce pension liabilities, but changes are far from a cure-all
- Unintended Consequences: How Scaling Back Public Pensions Puts Government Revenues at Risk
