Mitsubishi workers face tough retirement decisions

Posted on September 6, 2015

*Kingston Wealth Management will host a conference for Mitsubishi workers with retirement questions. (WJBC file photo)*

By Terry James

Mitsubishi will stop production at the end of November. That leaves some employees who are close to retirement wondering what to do. John Ruedi with Kingston Wealth Management in Bloomington tells WJBC’s Tim Lewis a conference will be held at their office.

“What we are going to talk about is if you have a 401k, what are some of the options you can do with it if you have a pension plan, how does that factor in to should I or should I not maybe elect an early social security instead of holiding off,” said Ruedi.

Mitsubishi employees can attend a conference at their offices on East Empire Street on Wednesday, September 16th to talk about retirement issues.

Terry James can be reached at [email protected]

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