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Pensions Can Be Labor’s Weapon
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 Oct. 6, 2025 | VIEWPOINT | Pensions are not considered the sexiest corner of the labor movement. But they are one of the most important. Pensions are where all the money that workers fought so hard to earn is going. Union researcher Chris Bohner has calculated the combined financial assets of American unions at about $35 billion, but the total assets held by collectively bargained pension plans stand at trillions of dollars. Until we shift the perception of pensions from “a delicate resource that we must hoard” into “a weapon,” the working class is leaving a chunk of its power on the table. There are three concentric circles of thought about what we can — or should — do with workers’ pensions… In These Times
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