Welcome to retirement American style, where retirement is work. When retirement security declines, so does older workers’ bargaining position to demand good wages and conditions. We desperately need a Gray New Deal that improves jobs for older workers while also restoring and boosting pensions and retirement security. An Older Workers’ Bureau at the Department of Labor could help steer and support such efforts. Strengthening pensions would help ensure that older workers get better wages and conditions and are working by choice rather than necessity.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 04, 2024 14:52 UTC