Events Detail

          Furchtgott-Roth, Ellis, and Johnson

                             Jon Entine

Hudson Institute Center for Employment Policy 

recently held an event on:

Union vs. Private Sector Pensions: 

How Secure Are Union Members’ Retirements? 

Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Hudson Institute: Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center 

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6^th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 

At a time when unions are intensifying efforts to organize American workers, it’s troubling to see a widespread pattern of relatively poor performance among collectively bargained pension plans.  They perform poorly relative to plans sponsored unilaterally by employers for nonunion employees. Equally disturbing, some pension plans for union officers are better funded than the plans for rank-and-file union members.  The disparity raises this question: Do collective bargaining contracts lack provisions for the funding necessary to generate the generous retirement income that unions advertise? 

10:30 a.m. 

Welcome and Introduction 

Kenneth Weinstein, Hudson Institute 

10:45 a.m. – Noon. 

Comparing Union and Private Sector Pensions 

Presenter:  

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute 

Download Furchtgott-Roth's paper "Union vs Private Pensions" here

Click here to view Furchtgott-Roth's presentation

Discussants:   

Ryan Ellis, American Shareholders Association 

Click Here to view Ellis' presentation

Brian Johnson, Alliance for Worker Freedom 

Luncheon 

Pension Fund Politics: Do Union “Social Investing” Schemes Benefit Their Workers? 

Jon Entine, American Enterprise Institute     

To request information, please contact Hudson Institute at 202.974.6451 or e-mail Astha at Astha@hudson.org