State office building guards voted to strike, saying their employer has failed to make pension contributions required by contract.

California has been hard hit since the economy took a dive in 2008. Pension reform tops the list of items that would save both local and state governments money.

Thousands of people from across Poland demonstrated noisily Friday outside Parliament to protest government plans to raise the retirement age to 67.

The bill will shore up the state's retirement system, requiring all public employees to contribute more toward their retirement and new hires to work longer.