1.   After retirement, the additional pension increases in line with prices, like the basic pension.

2.   Pensions have increased in real terms over the last twenty years, but not as fast as real personal disposable incomes.

3.   The pension will increase in line with the rise in prices.

4.   Pension spending has increased because the state has deliberately chosen to speed up its pension funding schedule, a move that was applauded as fiscally sound by Wall Street.

5.   The deal includes job guarantees for five missile-defense programs plus pay and pension increases.

6.   The Teamsters are looking for wage, benefit and pension increases and additional job security, said Cappella.