This year, the CBC made some long-needed improvements in pension buyback provisions for part-time and some contract service, but there still are some areas that the Guild would like to see improved, including pre-1980 ACTRA or SARDEC contract service. At … Read more »

At a special meeting of the Consultative Committee on Staff Benefits (CCSB) on Monday October 22nd, the Guild reached an agreement with the CBC on increases to the employee portion of pension plan premiums. This past summer, the CBC unilaterally … Read more »

CBC imposed an increase on employee contributions to the pension plan on July 1. The Corporation announced its intention in April to peg employee contributions at 40% of annual pension costs in order to generate $5 million in budget savings. … Read more »

Shaw has informed CMG members that you need to act by the end of the month on pension changes we negotiated in our new collective agreement. Don’t forget that the company needs to hear from you by September 30 on … Read more »

A few days ago you received a note from Human Resources about the semi-annual ?re-opener? for people participating in the defined contribution (DC) pension plan. If you wish to enroll, or change the level of your contributions, you have until … Read more »

Nearly 95% of CMG voters have approved the deal between CBC and all but one of its unions on sharing future pension surpluses and funding for health benefits. Members of the other unions participating in the deal ? STARF, Association … Read more »

Outdated solvency regulations, which measure a defined-benefit pension plan’s health if it was forced to wind up immediately, have weakened the ability of many to cope with the current crunch (Pension Plans Suffer Historic Losses – Jan. 9). Those calculations … Read more »

Nearly 95% of CMG voters have approved the deal between CBC and all but one of its unions on sharing future pension surpluses and funding for health benefits. Members of the other unions participating in the deal ? STARF, Association … Read more »

CMG members at the CBC are being asked to vote on the deal reached between the CBC and all but one of its unions regarding a sharing formula for future pension surpluses as well as a new deal to help … Read more »

You will have the opportunity to vote next week on ratifying an historic deal reached between the unions, the pensioners’ association and the CBC. The deal ensures: ? Fair distribution of any future pension surpluses ? Protection of the CBC … Read more »