Meeting set to discuss railroad retirement issues

Press release

The National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees Inc. and Maintenance of Way Employees will present a program in Havre at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, at the new Best Western Inns and Suites to inform railroad workers and retirees about pension benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act.

There is no charge.

Pension benefits under the Act differ from benefits paid under Social Security a fact not generally known by the nonrailroad public. About 9,041 retirees live in Montana.

In presenting the program Bruce Glover, northwest regional vice president from Minne...