Claim: "This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Fact-check: Rhode Island AFL-CIO President George Nee says reducing pension benefits for state retirees would be first for state, nearly all of the nation
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2011-10-23T00:00:00