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Certain unions, you can be a custodian and retire on a six-figure pension if you game it just right and take on a union position for a day or two, gaming the service time and such. That happens in Chicago with alarming frequency. But then, dead people vote there too.

 

How many newspaper companies still have active traditional pension plans? Cox (which is into many business ventures besides newspapers, of course) is one of the few I know of; it's a benefit there even for new employees. That'll probably go away one of these days.