A Pension Deficit Disorder: Teacher Unions Betray Their Members.

Glass, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ500645

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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A Pension Deficit Disorder: Teacher Unions Betray Their Members.

Glass, Stephen

Policy Review, n71 p71-74 Win 1995

Argues that pension systems have indentured educators by trapping them in jobs they do not want because of vesting requirements and that teachers' unions support these systems for selfish interests. The author offers a pension reform system ("defined-contribution") as a solution. (GR)

Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Retirement Benefits, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Retirement, Teacher Welfare, Unions

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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