Unions in Manitoba and across the country have been pushing for CPP expansion for decades, despite the fact that union Collective Agreements provide workplace pension plans for many union members. Here’s why:
Unions believe we all have a responsibility to work to end seniors’ poverty – a terrible problem which disproportionately affects women in their senior years. We also know that pensions are crucially important not only to the well-being of workers and their families, but to the economic health and vitality of our communities as well.
Find out more about what the expanded CPP will mean for you.
While labour is pleased with the recent CPP improvement, still more needs to be done to ensure retirement security for all, including:
You can find out more about different pension and savings options, like
at the following government resource sites:
You can also learn more about the state of pension plans in Manitoba, how workplace pension plans are coming under increasing attack, and the advantages of Defined Benefit (DB) plans over Defined Contribution (DC) plans by reading the CCPA – Manitoba’s new report Pensions in Manitoba at https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/pensions-manitoba