A Legislative and Political History of ERISA Preemption, Part 1
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2006
Abstract
This article recounts the key role of preemption issues in Congress's decision to pass ERISA. Until shortly before ERISA's enactment, employers and the AFL-CIO opposed comprehensive pension reform legislation. When states threatened to regulate private pension and welfare plans, however, the business community's and the AFL-CIO's strong desire for preemption all but forced them to support a federal pension reform law. Their support made passage of such legislation a virtual certainty.
Publication Title
Journal of Pension Benefits: Issues in Administration
First Page
31
Last Page
35
Recommended Citation
James A. Wooten, A Legislative and Political History of ERISA Preemption, Part 1, J. Pension Benefits, Fall 2006, at 31.
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