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The Pension Rights Center is the country’s only consumer organization dedicated solely to protecting and promoting the retirement security of American workers, retirees, and their families. To learn more about the Center's Pension Help, Pension Policy and Pension Action activities, read our About Us page.

Read the latest edition of our Pension Action e-newsletter. Sign up to receive Pension Action! (January 13, 2009)

Years of persistence have paid off for Rose Colon, who finally got her pension, thanks to the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008, which was enacted in December. Subscribe to our blog. (January 13, 2009)

PRC Staff Attorney Rebecca Davis is quoted in a Washington Post article about traditional pension plans and the economy, and PRC's list of companies that have cut their 401(k) matches was mentioned in the Chicago Tribune. (January 12, 2009)

Find out why employers shouldn't play with matches. (January 9, 2009)

A recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that some employers may have learned a lesson from the collapse of Enron and its devastating impact on the 401(k) accounts of its workers and retirees. (January 5, 2009)

Happy Holidays from the Pension Rights Center. Please take a few minutes to support our work. (December 24, 2008)

The Pension Rights Center has issued its Consumer Agenda for Retirement Security, a list of recommendations for improving and expanding the nation's retirement income system. The Agenda has been submitted to the incoming Obama administration. Read the press release. (December 24, 2008)

President Bush has signed the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 into law. Read about the new law. (December 24, 2008)

Albany International Corporation has been added to the list of companies that have frozen their or significantly changed their pension plans. (December 24, 2008)

Find out what companies have reduced or suspended matching contributions to their 401(k) plans. Starbucks, Unisys and Keithley Instruments were added to the list today. (December 23, 2008)

Congress has passed legislation to help workers, retirees and employers weather the current economic crisis. Read about the legislation in our Pension Action e-newsletter. Subscribe to Pension Action today! (December 17, 2008)

Motorola and GenCorp have been added to the list of companies that have frozen their pension plans. (December 17, 2008)

Why do teachers in West Virginia want to switch from 401(k)s to a traditional pension plan for retirement? Find out on our blog, and subscribe today! (December 9, 2008)

Our chart of Retirement Plan Contribution and Benefit Limits has been updated for 2009. (December 5, 2008)

PRC Policy Director Karen Friedman was a guest on the Diane Rehm Show today, discussing the impact of the economy on retirement security. (November 24, 2008)

Check out the Congressional Research Service's PowerPoint slideshow, Income and Assets of Older Americans, which contains useful information about the sources of income and poverty levels among older Americans. (November 24, 2008)

Wondering if your pension plan is in trouble? This fact sheet can help you determine how well-funded your company's plan is.

Find out why the world's most profitable company should be ashamed of itself. Subscribe to our blog. (November 18, 2008).

The Conversation on Coverage, a PRC initiative, has released its final proposals to expand pensions and retirement savings for low- and moderate-income wage earners.