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The Ninth Constitutional Convention of the Congress of Union Retirees was held October 6-8, 2009 in Ottawa.
The Convention began with an evening on the pension crisis and what should be done about it. During the Convention, a major paper on pensions was debated and adopted. Download a short version of the paper or the complete paper on pensions.
Cara Macdonald, National Representative with CAW who advises on pension issues in negotiations in a variety sectors, gave an overview of what has happened to negotiated plans in the private sector. Click here for a video of her presentation.
Danny Mallett, Director of the Canadian Labour Congress Political Action Department, gave the details of the Canadian Labour Congress action program to achieve pension reform. Click here for a video of his presentation.
Joel Harden, National Representative in the Canadian Labour Congress Social and Economic Policy Department, who handles pension issues for the Canadian Labour Congress outlined the overall situation around pensions and the Canadian Labour Congress policy to remedy the problems. Click here for a video of his presentation.
Bob Baldwin, retired Director of Canadian Labour Congress Social and Economic Policy Department and member of Advisory Panel to the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions, reviewed the results of the BC – Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia commissions on pensions. Click here for a video of his presentation.
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Thursday August 12th 2010
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Updated Heinz Dates
Please be advised that there was an error in the recent e-mail sent with shopping days for your employees/members. For an unexplained reason, the merge program repeated the first week of dates at the end of the list. The actual dates should be as follows:
- September 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 2010
- October 2, 2010
- January 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 2011
Please accept our apologies for any confusion / inconvenience this may have caused.
Just a comment on the recent threat to reduce retirees pensions. To do this to people who have worked many years, putting out good quality products is disgraceful. The Ford family has had a good life due to the efforts of not only those who have retired, those who volunteered to terminate their employment to help the company, and those who continue to work today. To take away any portion of a pension that was earned and worked many years for is uncalled for. That would be like working a 5 day week and the company says: “well, we will be taking away 1 or 2 days pay off your check even though you earned every penny of your pay. I feel that the workers have more than done their share in trying to keep the company afloat. Now it’s time for the “Big Boys” to do their share. Thanks for listening.
These monies are “DEFERRED INCOME” and were negotiated as such. To attempt to renege on such a fundamental component of each individuals pension is in my opinion, thievery…SHAME!