FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013 photo, a"Pension Promise" sign is seen at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill., Jan. 3, 2013. Democrats are putting a spotlight on more than than 1 million union workers and retirees whose pensions are being saved under a law enacted in the summer of 2021. The Butch Lewis Act will ultimately stop cuts to the retirement benefits of 2 million workers and retirees across the country.
, will ultimately stop cuts to the retirement benefits of 2 million workers and retirees across the country. Biden administration officials, including senior adviser Gene Sperling, and a group of union workers with the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union planned to be in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with Sen. Bob Casey on Friday to put a spotlight on the law.
Rita Lewis, Butch Lewis' widow, told The Associated Press that before the act passed, union retirees she knew “were talking about having to sell their house and live with their kids.” In 2016, she led a protest outside the Capitol, calling for the passage of the Butch Lewis Act, saying, “A promise is a promise is a promise."
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