Union Workers Restored: $16 Million in Pension Benefits Secured by Senator Schumer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer announced that more than 500 union workers in the north country will have almost $16 million in pension benefits restored. The Laborers’ International Union Local 1822, representing construction workers in Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, and Franklin counties, will be impacted by this decision. According to Schumer, the workers were left without the ability to retire due to a collapse in the pension system. The union’s fund, …