Tag: Pensions and Benefits
The ABCs of pension reform in Canada: Needs to be some ‘intelligent’ debate on plan changes
Inadequate retirement income is the focus of an upcoming December meeting of federal and provincial finance ministers. It comes on the heels of recommended overhauls of the pension system in […]
Read more »Newly formed Task Force on Pension Reform must look outside Alberta: Labour rejects Alberta-B.C. Penson Plan Model
The new federal-provincial task force on pensions meets in Calgary today. The Alberta Federation of Labour is concerned that the task force will not focus on real changes that protect […]
Read more »Make new pension plan mandatory: Union
Canadians desperately need a mandatory pension program to ensure they don’t retire into poverty, but a supplementary pension plan being considered by the Alberta and British Columbia governments is a […]
Read more »Union leaders urge western premiers to reject Alberta-B.C. pension proposal as solution to unfolding crisis in retirement income
Instead of getting behind ill-conceived “ABC plan,” western premiers should use their clout to call for a national pension summit and to discourage Harper and Ignatieff from reaching watered-down deal […]
Read more »Albertans need mandatory pension plan: AFL
EDMONTON – Albertans desperately need a mandatory pension program to ensure they don’t retire into poverty, but a supplementary pension plan being considered by the Alberta and British Columbia governments […]
Read more »The Looming Crisis in Retirement Incomes (2009)
The Looming Crisis in Retirement Incomes (April 2009) Policy paper adopted at AFL 46th Constitutional Convention, April 23-26, 2009
Read more »Labour Mobilizes Against Pension Plan Changes
Labour Coalition on Pensions c/o 10802 – 172 Street, Edmonton, AB T5S 2T3 Ph: 780-483-3021 Fax: 780-484-5928 A coalition of Alberta unions says recent changes in the rules governing activities […]
Read more »Union Coalition Takes Legal Action to Overturn Changes to Governance of Alberta Local Authorities Pension Plan
EDMONTON – A coalition of important Alberta unions and the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) will commence legal action today to overturn recent changes in the rules governing activities of […]
Read more »The Assault on Pensions in Canada: Foreclosing on the Future (2005)
The Assault on Pensions in Canada: Foreclosing on the Future (May 2005) Policy paper adopted at AFL 44th Constitutional Convention, May 12 – 15, 2005
Read more »One day left for Martin to defend maternity benefits
EDMONTON – If Prime Minister Paul Martin doesn’t want to see a “patchwork quilt” of maternity benefits in Canada – generous in places like Quebec and sub-standard in places like […]
Read more »The Other Competitive Advantage
The Other Competitive Advantage But the question needs to be asked whether public health care, public education and income security are also competitive advantages, for both employers and workers.
Read more »New maternity and parental leave provisions benefit all working parents
EDMONTON – “The changes to the maternity and parental leave provisions in the Employment Standards Act clearly places importance back on Alberta’s families. These changes benefit all working parents,” says […]
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