CORNER BROOK - "Even kids know when it is wrong to hold out on somebody."
That is the quote Bruce Randell, president Local 242 of the
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union, used Monday to describe
how mill workers were feeling about the latest development to come from
the eight-week process of determining whether to grant Kruger a
five-year extension to make up for a deficit in pension plans.
Workers and retirees at the shuttered NewPage Port Hawkesbury paper mill
in Cape Breton are asking the Nova Scotia government for some
legislative changes to help soften the blow from their underfunded
pension plans.
RE: EX MLA Pension Cuts:
As president of the CEP Local 29 located in Edmundston, I simply had to
send in my two cents and represent my views and the views of my members.
I am quite perplexed to see Mr. Jeannot Volpé coming out of the woodwork
and crying out injustice because his pension got cut by one third.
TORONTO (Oct. 15) -- CEP's "Victims of Brookfield" pensioners were among 3,000 who kick-started "Occupy Bay St." in Toronto on Saturday. There were 1,300 Occupy actions around the world on Oct 15, including 21 Canadian cities, from St. John's to Vancouver.
CORNER BROOK -- Bruce Randell knows there are concerns out there over the pension plan
for workers and retirees of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper.
"Obviously, we're worried about the pensions," said the president of
Local 242 of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union.
"There's more pensioners out there now than there are people working in
the mill."
OTTAWA -- The Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada has filed legal actions in Quebec Superior Court against the directors of the former Fraser Papers, owned by Brookfield Asset Management.
"Our legal struggle on behalf of the pensioners and workers of Fraser Papers has now begun," says CEP President Dave Coles. "This is about fairness for retirees and workers who lost almost 40% of their pensions. The directors of Fraser Papers must now be held to account."
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Topp addresses union rally on pensions, says bankruptcy laws used against workers
TORONTO -- One of Canada’s largest private sector unions, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, has today declared its support for Brian Topp as the next leader of the New Democratic Party.
