• Title: PENSION REFORM.
• Guest: María Elena Durazo.
• Additional Guests: Araceli Martínez, Nestor Valencia.
• Host: Chelis López
• Date: TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012
• Description: PENSION REFORM. California legislators are discussing ways to reform the pension system for public employees in the state, in an effort to balance the budget and reduce debt.
• Genre: News
• Location: Oakland, CA.
• Program Number: 6751
• Producer: Samuel Orozco
• Progam Number: 6751
• Publisher: Radio Bilingüe
• Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
• Subject: Politics
• Year: 2012
• Program Name: la_120814.mp3
• Length: 59:10 minutes (54.17 MB)
• Format: Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

PENSION REFORM. California legislators are discussing ways to reform the pension system for public employees in the state, in an effort to balance the budget and reduce debt. Governor Jerry Brown has proposed increasing retirement age and requiring all public employees to pay half the cost of their retirement plans. Union leaders are staunchly opposed. This program features both sides of this hot debate, which is escalating in the state and around the nation.

Guests: María Elena Durazo, Executive Secretary–Treasurer, L.A. County Federation of Labor, Los Angeles, CA, www.launionaflcio.org; Araceli Martínez, Reporter, Radio Bilingüe, Sacramento, CA; Nestor Valencia, City Councilman, Bell, CA.