LEADER 04379nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910455433103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35757-3 010 $a9786612357572 010 $a0-520-93139-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520931398 035 $a(CKB)1000000000799214 035 $a(EBL)471001 035 $a(OCoLC)609850149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295078 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274141 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295078 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10314400 035 $a(PQKB)11329369 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055933 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471001 035 $a(OCoLC)808600771 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31022 035 $a(DE-B1597)520822 035 $a(OCoLC)1110707538 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520931398 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471001 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676219 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235757 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000799214 100 $a20040513d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974$b[electronic resource] $ea political history /$fJames A. Wooten 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press ;$aNew York $cMilbank Memorial Fund ;$aWashington, D.C. $cEmployee Benefit Research Institute$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (433 p.) 225 1 $aCalifornia/Milbank books on health and the public ;$v11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24273-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-399) and index. 327 $aPolicy-making for private pensions : the genesis and structure of a policy domain -- "The most glorious story of failure in the business" : the Studebaker-Packard corporation and the origins of ERISA -- "The 'bible' in this field" : the president's committee on corporate pension funds and the origins of ERISA -- "A new legislative era in this country" : pension reform from blueprint to bill -- "A major American institution, built upon human disappointment" : agenda-setting in the U.S. Senate -- A green light in the Senate -- A donnybrook in the House -- Enacting ERISA. 330 $aThis study of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) explains in detail how public officials in the executive branch and Congress overcame strong opposition from business and organized labor to pass landmark legislation regulating employer-sponsored retirement and health plans. Before Congress passed ERISA, federal law gave employers and unions great discretion in the design and operation of employee benefit plans. Most importantly, firms and unions could and often did establish pension plans that placed employees at great risk for not receiving any retirement benefits. In the early 1960's, officials in the executive branch proposed a number of regulatory initiatives to protect employees, but business groups and most labor unions objected to the key proposals. Faced with opposition from powerful interest groups, legislative entrepreneurs in Congress, chiefly New York Republican senator Jacob K. Javits, took the case for pension reform directly to voters by publicizing frightening statistics and "horror stories" about pension plans. This deft and successful effort to mobilize the media and public opinion overwhelmed the business community and organized labor and persuaded Javits's colleagues in Congress to support comprehensive pension reform legislation. The enactment of ERISA in September 1974 recast federal policy for private pension plans by making worker security an overriding objective of federal law. 410 0$aCalifornia/Milbank books on health and the public ;$v11. 606 $aPension trusts$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPension trusts$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPension trusts$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aPension trusts$xHistory. 676 $a344.7301/252 700 $aWooten$b James A.$f1958-$01040048 712 02$aMilbank Memorial Fund. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455433103321 996 $aThe Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974$92462650 997 $aUNINA