"The sudden erosion of pension benefits for 1,100 former employees of the old St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady is a scenario that isn't supposed to happen.... [ERISA] contained a religious exemption that was later expanded to hospitals operated by religious groups, and St. Clare's took advantage of that.... But what about the rest of America? Two generations of American workers increasingly don't have to worry about pension plan failures because fewer and fewer workplaces offer pensions."  MORE >>