Tips:<br><br>To keep your anonymity, open a free e-mail account at hotmail.com, yahoo.com, or many other sites, with the user name of your choice. Create a ...
So glad to see that you guys created a Yahoo forum! That is great! If any of us from the Yahoo IBMPENSION forum can help in any way, please just go to the ...
The best thing we have going now is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's meeting on November 17, 1999 for Duke employees. It will be held at the ...
Several interesting articles can be found in the Sept/Oct issue of<br> Contingencies Magazine, a publication of the American Academy of Actuaries.<br><br> <a...
If you do not get registered before Wednesday's private EEOC meeting, that is not a problem. If you are a Duke Energy employee, former employee, retiree, or ...
For those who doubt the power of the pen; the founder of the Yahoo IBM Pension site posted the following:(post #21606)<br><br>We received the following note ...
This is great news. People have been doing a lot of hard work. <br>I want to thank the new members for joining the club. Your input is important.<br>Be sure to...
For a good explanation of the "wear away" period, go to:<br><br><a href=http://users.rcn.com/spike5655/ target=new>http://users.rcn.com/spike5655/</a>...
We want to thank you for the emails and the work you are doing.<br>Keep up the good work! If you would like to join the club, <br>check out post 3 for tips on...
The retirees have been hurt with the pension changes also. The people who were presented with a nifty cash balance plan and then promptly "downsized" were hit...
Senator Edwards, in his first year in office, has a great voting record. He has voted for the last two senate amendments that would have helped victims of the...
The IRS and Treasury welcome comments on tax issues related to cash balance plans, conversions, and wear-away or benefit plateau effects.<br> The IRS will make...
Hello I am new here and I just wanted to find out when this group meets in order to know when you come back. My email address is wtb3886@.... Thanks for ...
wtb3886,<br><br>Welcome. Believe or not, you are in. This is not strictly a chat room, although it has the capability to be used as such. There are no ...
The EEOC meeting in Charlotte on Wednesday is not a regular meeting. There has never been anything like this before! Living out of state, it may not be ...
If you still have them, look at your Statement of estimated Benefits from previous years, and compare them to the RCBP statement from July '97.<br>Amongst...
I am 41 with 21 years of service. I obtained an estimated retirement benefits package for me at age 55. My protected benefit that was "frozen" as of 1/1/97...
I think a lot of employees are just unaware of the significant losses we have taken due the cash balance plan. The more they learn, the more angry they will...
Wow! That's terrible. I have heard estimates of 7 years in the wear away period. But, 14 or more years? That's truly outrageous! Yes, the wear away period is ...
EEOC meeting tonight<br> All are encouraged to attend. <br>If you will not be able to attend the meeting,<br> call to let them know that you are interested. ...
Hello. I'm a new club member dedicated to doing everything possible to restore our retirement benefits taken away as a result of Duke's conversion to a CBP....
Welcome all new members!<br>Thank you for your contribution to this site.<br>Duke Employees have been hurt by the <br>"Cash Balance Plan"<br>Thousands of...
I was encouraged to see such a large turnout at the EEOC meeting. Please file ASAP with the EEOC if you feel you have been discriminated against. We must ...
Welcome aboard! That was a very good letter, and right on target all the way. A lot of employees are still not aware of how devastating our retirement pension...
Our pleasure. The best news was after the meeting; the law firm of Wallace and Graham are defiantly pursuing the possibility of a class action ERISA law suit ...
I do not understand how someone in our company could approve such an unfair conversion to a cash balance plan. The cash balance plan is not a bad retirement...
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