Jerry Brown administration digs in against unions on pensions

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration is pushing back against labor union efforts to roll back some of the pension changes made by state lawmakers last year. The governor has vowed to fight any legal or legislative effort that he views as softening the law, which requires current employees to pay more of their own retirement costs and increases the retirement age for public workers. In Contra Costa County, the local pension system has sued the state over the law's benefit cuts that it says are illegal. Brown said recently his administration would vigorously defend the law in court.

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