Archive: American Federation of Teachers

• KI Luncheon Shines Spotlight on Workers’ Retirement Security

  On Tuesday, July 18, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a luncheon discussion on a fundamental challenge facing working people in America: retirement security. More specifically, the event focused on the enormous fees paid to Wall Street fund managers who invest workers’ pensions in risky alternative assets such as private equity and hedge funds.

  Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Events Tags: American Federation of Teachers, Center on Economic and Policy Research, Center on Race and the Economy, Eileen Appelbaum, Elizabeth Parisian, Events, Hedge Funds, Joseph McCartin, Maurice Weeks, Pension Funds, Private Equity, Randi Weingarten, Retirement Security, Wall Street