He had been dead 42 years, but my great-uncle's benefits sustained and, in many ways, shaped the remainder of my great-aunt’s life.

Ford, General Motors and American Motors urged the UAW to consider ... to not ever negotiate retiree health care benefits again,” Masters said, citing the 2007 contract document from GM that ...

The need to remain an automaker employee’s widow — as in, the recipient of the lion’s share of his pension — drove every major decision Clara made since the 1980s. In many ways her life ...