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Minnesota District Court Judge Gregg Johnson said the state's interest in improving the pension plans' financial health trumped the retirees' claim that their cost-of-living adjustments can't be reduced.

Pension Rulings May Boost Cutback Efforts Michael Corkery 2011

In the Colorado ruling, District Court Judge Robert Hyatt said for decades the state has changed the way it calculates cost-of-living adjustments.

Pension Rulings May Boost Cutback Efforts Michael Corkery 2011

She said price pressures will escalate in the second half when the government's cost-of-living aid measures expire in June and the diesel-price subsidy is removed, raising production costs.

Thailand Raises Benchmark Rate to 2.5% Phisanu Phromchanya 2011

Several states, including New Jersey in a move this week, have cut back on cost-of-living adjustments for retirees in an effort to shore up the finances of public-employee retirement systems.

Pension Rulings May Boost Cutback Efforts Michael Corkery 2011

The judges said in separate decisions late Wednesday that the Minnesota and Colorado legislatures had the right to reduce cost-of-living adjustments for retirees, saying the benefits weren't contractually protected.

Pension Rulings May Boost Cutback Efforts Michael Corkery 2011

He has called on legislators to increase the retirement age of state workers and eliminate cost-of-living adjustments.

State budget clashes spread to Indiana, Ohio 2011

People familiar with the talks have said the union leadership and the auto makers' management have an understanding that the new contract won't include automatic wage increases and cost-of-living raises, which were fixtures of past labor deals but were suspended in 2009.

UAW Chief Confronts Member Dissent Matthew Dolan 2011

The group also wants Mr. King to get the auto makers to give temporary workers permanent jobs, restore the cost-of-living wage increase and stop shutting plants and give more time than usual for workers to review a proposed contract before voting on its ratification.

UAW Chief Confronts Member Dissent Matthew Dolan 2011

He has called on legislators to increase the retirement age of state workers and eliminate cost-of-living adjustments.

State budget clashes spread to Indiana, Ohio 2011

Unlike changes to benefits for new workers, which can take decades to deliver savings to state and local governments, rolling back cost-of-living adjustments can yield immediate savings.

Pension Rulings May Boost Cutback Efforts Michael Corkery 2011