Unions representing retired school employees are putting pressure om Ohio lawmakers not to freeze or cut cost-of-living allowances in their pensions.
About 200 members of the marched at the Statehouse telling state lawmakers to keep their hands off pensions.
A Republican-backed bill would allow cuts to cost-of-living increases to the pensions of members of the , which includes cafeteria workers, secretaries and custodians. Reductions to or elimination of the cost-of-living adjustment in public pensions has been proposed as a way to save money and keep those pension plans solid.
The board of the much larger pension plan representing teachers, the State Teachers Retirement System for five years.
Five years ago, lawmakers adopted a major overhaul that affected all five of Ohio's public pension plans by requiring employees to work longer and making cuts in benefits.
