My current income is about $28k a year.
You have no clue how the pension system works here. There are two separate pensions. One from the local and one from the international. The employer pays into them for each hour and so, they both grow every year, according to how much is paid into them as well as their investment income. Combined, they come out to way more than what SSDI could offer me. I'm worth more retired than working right now because I've been having contributions paid into it since 1989. I'm just waiting to reach the the right age. The employer is only authorized to contribute to them. The employer can not withdraw from them or close them. The union decides whether I'm eligible, not the employer. The employer does not own or manage either account.