1 min read

Season 5, Episode 15

Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans fighting to protect retirement age

Picture of awfblog awfblog January 19, 2024

America's Work Force Union Podcast AWF Government Affairs and Policy Alliance for Retired Americans

alliance_logo

 

Guest Name:

Norm Wernet

Guest Website:

retiredamericans.org 

Guest Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

LinkedIn

Mentions:

Norm Wernet, State Director for the Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to talk about efforts to fix the gerrymandered districts in the state. Wernet also talked about the potential attacks on retirement age and the impact these attacks could have on the American population.

Wernet discussed the past legal cases that determined Ohio voting districts are illegal. A group known as Citizens Not Politicians is working with the Ohio Alliance to earn the signatures needed to have a ballot issue that would remove politicians from the redistricting efforts if approved by voters.

There are a number of candidates running for the presidency who are seeking to raise the age for retirement. For every year the age requirement is raised, workers lose about 20 percent of their benefits, which will never be recouped. In short, raising the age of retirement will harm the economy, Wernet said.

Wernet continued by saying if the government attacks retirement benefits, it will ensure that retirees lose their autonomy. Along with the loss of autonomy, retirees will also lose their ability to positively influence the economy. The loss of these economic benefits would create a gap in the economy’s stability, damaging the entire population simultaneously, Wernet said.

Hear more from Wernet by listening to the show above.

America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues.

America’s Work Force Union Podcast is brought to you in part by our sponsors: AFL-CIO, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Musicians Local 4, American Alliance for Manufacturing, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, Communication Workers of America, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 50, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Crafts, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 6, Ironworkers Great Lakes District Council, The Labor Citizen newspaper, Laborers International Union of The National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, North America, North Coast Area Labor Federation, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Survey and Ballot Systems, United Labor Agency, United Steelworkers.

SUBSCRIBE ON:

Group 342

Group 341

Group 343

Group 339

Group 397

Group 397