UPEC Joins Statewide Coalition on PERS

Monday, December 28, 2009

REDDING - The public employee retirement system, CalPERS is under the microscope. With more propositions on the way to the 2010 ballot, the Californians for Health Care and Retirement Security (CHCRS) has come together again to stand up for California’s working families. CHCRS is made up of of several public employee union leaders who together will work to defend public employee pensions. Business Manager Chris Darker will represent UPEC at these meetings in Sacramento. “Our members have paid for their retirement benefits and deserve what has been promised to them by their employers”, said Darker. Darker said some reforms could be and should be made to the system but what the proposition hopefuls are proposing for November 2010 is unreasonable.