EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT (ERISA)

WHEREAS, the rules governing public employee pension plans vary from state to state; and

WHEREAS, in some states public employee pension plans do not always reflect the direct concerns of their constituents by not having elected constituency boards; and

WHEREAS, in the private sector the federal government has enacted a set of standards that address multi­employer private pension plans:

RESOLVED , that the AFT lobby actively in support of the AFL-ClO's effort to extend ERISA rights that govern multi-employer pension plans to single employer plans; and

RESOLVED, that the AFT, in conjunction with the AFL-CIO, lobby to extend those same ERISA pension regulations to cover public employee pension plans not otherwise secured.