Members:
Jake Braaten (CUPE 829) - CUPE AB Liaison
Rosemary Kostiuk (CUPE 3550)
Cyril Wilson (CUPE 37)
Jason Wolfe (CUPE 40)
Brody Stoddart (CUPE 2426)
Kim Jaedicke (CUPE 38)
Bruce McLeod - National Representative
Article by CUPE 3911 member Dougal MacDonald.
CALGARY – Two out of three Albertans want their provincial government to work with other provinces to increase Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits, and 77 per cent of Albertans believe CPP benefit increases should be the first priority for improving retirement security for all Canadians, according to a new poll released today.
The President of the union of 2,500 support staff at Edmonton Public Schools is speaking out against a proposal from the federal government to reform pension plans.
CUPE National President Paul Moist will be in Edmonton this weekend to address a pension forum hosted by the Alberta Federation of Labour. Click on the link for more details.
More than three quarters of western Canadians support increasing Canada Pension Plan benefits, according to a new national survey.
EDMONTON -- The Stelmach government says it’s opposed to expanding Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits for retirees, but a substantial majority of Albertans would back a CPP increase, according to a recent opinion survey carried out for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
Canada is at a crossroads, just like it was forty years ago when it was time to do something about our health care system. Today, we need to do something about retirement income, and we need to do it soon.
Presentation given to SHARE BC Pension Forum, December 10, 2009
Wouldn't you rather have a pension?
The CUPE Alberta Pensions Committee has produced a new leaflet explaining why a defined benefit pension plan is the best option for workers concerned about maintaining a stable retirement income. The leaflet is available here on this site, and will be at all CUPE offices in the province soon.