Protests in Paris and across France have ramped up since President Emmanuel Macron’s government on Thursday used a controversial constitutional measure to force through a pension reform plan without a National Assembly vote. Fears that the Senate-approved measure — which would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 — did not have enough support to pass the lower house of Parliament led to a… Source Source / Read More: French Protests Escalate Over Attempt to Force Retirement Age Hike
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NYC Retirees Fight Their Own Unions to Stop Catastrophic Health Care Cuts
Defying two years of protests and lawsuits by union retirees, New York City’s Municipal Labor Committee voted Thursday to scrap some of the best retiree health care coverage in the country. The change aims to put 250,000 city retirees into a for-profit Medicare Advantage plan run by Aetna. Twenty-six unions in the MLC voted no, while others abstained. But their votes were swamped by the votes of… Source Source / Read More: NYC Retirees Fight Their Own Unions to Stop Catastrophic Health Care Cuts