Basic information:
Pension fact sheet: https://www.seiu721.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/final_factsheet_public_pension_basics-1.pdf
Glossary of pension terms: https://www.seiu721.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/final_glossary-1.pdf
Helpful websites:
SEIU 721 Secure Retirement Blog: https://www.seiu721.org/campaigns/secure_retirement/
National Institute on Retirement Security: http://www.nirsonline.org/
Californians for Retirement Security: http://www.letstalkpensions.com/
National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems: http://www.ncpers.org/
Pension Rights Center: http://www.pensionrights.org/
Retirement USA: http://www.retirement-usa.org/
SEIU 721 Member Retirement Systems:
CalPERS (13,000+ members in 60+ municipalities, agencies and special districts): http://www.calpers.ca.gov/
LACERA – L.A. County (56,000+ members): http://www.lacera.com/home/index.html
LACERS – L.A. City (11,000+ members): http://www.lacers.org/
VCERA – Ventura County (4,500 members): http://www.ventura.org/vcera
SBCERS – Santa Barbara County (500 members): http://www.countyofsb.org/sbcers/default.aspx?id=6508
Research:
Research on all aspects of public and private pensions: http://www.nirsonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=47
Just how bad is America’s retirement crisis?: http://www.nirsonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=768&Itemid=48
What is the positive economic impact of public pensions in California?: https://www.seiu721.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Factsheet_CA-3.pdf
Private sector Corporations effectively stole their employees’ pensions for their own uses: https://www.seiu721.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/final-_who_killed_the_private_sector_db_plan-3.pdf
Race and retirement security: https://www.seiu721.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/race_and_retirement_insecurity_final-3.pdf
How pensions reduce senior poverty: https://www.seiu721.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pensionfactor2012_final-3.pdf
The plot against pensions full report: https://www.seiu721.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Plot-Against-Pensions-final-3.pdf
Pew’s commissioned poll blew up on them. They wanted to show voters hated unions, pensions and public employees. Instead they got this: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/19/right_wing_pension_cutters_get_humiliated_by_their_own_survey_data/
Here is a power point of the poll results: https://www.seiu721.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Pew-PollingMemo-3.pdf