The Keep Our Promise Pension Act introduced Tuesday by democratic senators from across the nation would reverse a provision passed in 2014 that allowed for dramatic cuts to financially troubled multi-employer pensions.

“Hardworking people who build their future, should never, never have to doubt the security of their retirement,” says Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin who is one of the co-sponsors of the bill.

“We still have to make sure that Washington starts respecting work, not just wealth,” says Baldwin.

In December of 2014, congress approved, and President Obama signed a spending bill that under this provision, the pension benefits of retirees could be cut by 30% or more.

Before the law was changed, it was illegal for an employer to cut the pension benefits retirees have earned.

“It was one year ago that Wisconsin workers are retirees finally got to hear some good news. Last May the treasury department rejected cuts to earned pensions proposed by the central states pension fund,” says Baldwin.

Senator Bernie Sanders is also one of the bills co-sponsors.

“You've got people right now who are prepared to provide many hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks for the two tops of one percent. If they can support crap like that, surely we can support justice for millions of American workers. We will not allow the earned pension benefits of up to 10 million workers be cut by as much as much as 60%. Aint gonna happen,” says Sanders.

Baldwin says its community support that will keep this bill moving forward. “We've seen that we can win this fight by working together and never giving up.”

Baldwin and Sanders were joined by seven other senators. WEAU reached out to Senator Johnson’s office for a comment on this proposed legislation but have not heard back at this time.