TEN REASONS TO JOIN PACE

1. To ensure that the General Employees Pension Fund benefits are modernized and updated.

2. To push for a full, credible, independent audit of our pension fund so we can be assured that it is financially sound.

3. Work for regular across the board cost-of-living salary increases.

4. Call for an accurate pay and classification study that brings pay in line with current standards, get pay raises and restoration of pay incentives.

5. Ensure that all our other benefits are comparable to those of similar sized city governments and our neighbors in the Atlanta metro area.

6. Provide legal protection from unjust job actions against P.A.C.E. members.

7. See that fairness, professionalism and equitable treatment are promoted in the work place.

8. Receive other member benefits such as free or discounted personal legal services.

9. Stop being the “invisible work force” that is basically just taken for granted and to gain control by having a voice in your future.

10. Become a part of N.A.G.E. a national organization with our best interests at heart. N.A.G.E. will be watching out for us not only locally but also at our national and state legislatures.

    We will also be able to draw upon N.A.G.E.’s considerable resources to help support us as we achieve our goals.!

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    Now, in the spirit of fairness, here are 10 reasons why maybe you should not join P.A.C.E.

    1. You're perfectly happy with your current salary.

    2. You can wait until you're 60 or older to retire (with no age penalty).

    3. You won't mind working another job after you retire.

    4. You think the last pay and classification study was fair and accurate.

    5. You don't mind paying more for your benefits and getting less than other metro area governments.

    6. You think that somewhere there is someone looking out for you.

    7. You think it is OK for some employees to get more benefits while you get nothing.

    8. You think the General Employees Pension Fund is in good shape and you'll always get a pension check after you retire.

    9. You don't mind being in an unclassified position and the fact that you can be dismissed in the blink of an eye on somebody's whim.

    10. You like being treated unfairly, being ignored, and taken for granted.

    
    Why Join P.A.C.E. - Atlanta?

    For your present and future financial security - that's why!