President Durkee Meets with Senator Brown to Discuss Multiemployer Pension Funding Crisis
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01 Jun President Durkee Meets with Senator Brown to Discuss Multiemployer Pension Funding Crisis

Posted at 14:29h in Legislative News, Pension by

BCTGM International President David Durkee met with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to discuss the funding crisis facing multiemployer pension plans. Brown, who is a Co-Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans, thanked President Durkee for his leadership in supporting a legislative solution to the crisis and the grassroots campaign being led by the BCTGM.

In early February, Congress established the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans. The Committee is comprised of 16 House and Senate members, eight from the Senate and eight from the House of Representatives, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.

The Committee is charged with coming up with a legislative solution to the multiemployer pension funding problem by November 30, 2018.ย  Any proposed legislation that receives the support of four members from each party will be brought to the vote on the House and Senate floors under expedited procedure.ย The establishment of such Joint Select Committees is very rare, indicative of the importance and urgency of the issue. The Committee will hold at least five public hearings.

Since the BCTGM began its education and mobilization campaign on this vital legislation in January, more than 5,000 union members and retirees have utilized the BCTGM E-Activist Center to email letters to their respective U.S. Senators and Representatives. This action most certainly made a difference in moving the process forward.

Please continue to stay up-to-date on this issue and utilize the BCTGM E-Activist Center to send letters to your respective Senators and Representativesย  to let them know how vital it is for action on this issue. It is particularly important to communicate with those Senators and Representatives who have been appointed to the Select Committee:

Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans

U.S. Senators

Democrats โ€“ Brown (OH) Co-Chair, Manchin (WVA), Heitkamp (ND) and Smith (MN)

Republicans โ€“ Hatch (UT) Co-Chair, Alexander (TN), Crapo (ID), Portman (OH)

U.S. Representatives

Democrats โ€“ Neal (MA-1), Scott (VA-3), Norcross (NJ-1) and Dingell (MI-12);

Republicans โ€“ Foxx (NC-5), Roe (TN-1), Buchanan (FL-16), Schweikert (AZ-6)

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