The French government faced down two no-confidence votes Wednesday over an overhaul of the country’s byzantine pensions system, a key victory after fierce protests and a massive transport strike that brought France to a standstill for weeks this winter.
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The Supreme Court on Monday vacated a ruling out of Puerto Rico that set payment and seizure orders over a disbanded pension plan for Roman Catholic school employees.
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Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets in France on Friday to express their anger over proposals to overhaul the country’s pension system, but there are signs long-running strikes are waning.
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Long-running strikes by trade unions over French President Emmanuel Macron’s push to overhaul the nation’s retirement system will continue despite a compromise offer by the government.
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France was seized by a new wave of nationwide strikes on Thursday by a spectrum of workers angry over the government’s plans to overhaul the nation’s public retirement system.
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Paris Opera has lost more than $13.3 million in a month-long strike by ballet dancers fighting to cling onto pension rights that date back to the “Sun King” Louis XIV.
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Nationwide strikes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to overhaul France’s pension system will enter the New Year and become France’s longest-running rail strike in the country’s history.
Read moreNorthrop Grumman claims the United States owes it $7 million in pension-related costs, in the Court of Federal Claims.
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Christmas Day brought no respite for travelers in France as a transport strike entered its fourth week, ruining the plans of thousands wanting to celebrate with loved ones.
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Seeking to calm nationwide strikes that threaten to cause havoc during the winter holidays, French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday signaled a willingness to make a key concession in his plans to overhaul France’s retirement system.
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The French government and labor unions face off Wednesday over a pensions overhaul, 14 days into a crippling transport strike that is hurting businesses, wearing out commuters and casting a shadow over holiday plans.
Read moreSpanish men with two or more children are just as entitled as are mothers to a supplement that the country applies to pension awards, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday.
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France’s prime minister sought to strike a conciliatory note Wednesday as he unveiled a controversial plan to overhaul the country’s pension system, but failed to appease striking unions which vowed to expand a crippling week-old transport freeze.
Read moreParis police skirmished Saturday with yellow vest activists who joined a wave of protests against the government’s overhaul of France’s retirement system, as highway blockades and train stoppages by other protesters disrupted weekend travel around the country.
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French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a major test to his presidency as France was beset Thursday by massive strikes that could turn into days of angry protests over his government’s plans to overhaul pensions.
Read moreA federal judge granted default judgment of $154,600 to five veterans who claim BAIC Inc. et al. conspired to defraud them and other military veterans in the sale of pension benefits.
Read moreThe Chicago Transit Authority Retiree Health Care Trust sued Dilworth Paxson LLP, its former attorney Timothy Anderson, and Greenberg Traurig LLP in Cook County Court, claiming they were negligently involved in “the issuance of $43 million in worthless bonds … to unwitting public pension funds.”
Read moreThe first of five scheduled debates between Kentucky Republican Governor Matt Bevin and Democratic candidate Andy Beshear was held Thursday at the Paducah Chamber of Commerce, and saw the two sparring over education and job creation.
Read moreNumerous unions, including the Deputy City Attorneys Association of San Diego, sued the city in superior court over Proposition B City Charter amendments of 2012, “which denies all city employees newly hired on and after July 20, 2012, except sworn police officers, any access to the city’s defined benefit pension plan.”
Read moreThe private-equity industry needs a complete overhaul, Senator Elizabeth Warren said Thursday, unveiling a new policy initiative for her 2020 presidential campaign.
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