Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Retirees at a demonstration about pensions

Pensions

Every Canadian deserves to retire in dignity with a decent retirement income, but many will not.

  • Over 11 million Canadians have no workplace pension plan.
  • Defined benefit pension plan such as the one enjoyed by Canada Post workers are under attack.
  • Many workers can’t save enough for retirement.
  • Retirees relying on mutual funds and stock market investments have fallen into poverty when this income dipped.
  • RRSPs are not guaranteed against inflation, and they could run out.


The Canada Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan:

  • covers most of the labour force (over 93% of workers with jobs)
  • follows you from job to job, across all the provinces and territories
  • increases with the cost of living
  • pays benefits until your death
  • is financed by workers and their employers and run independently from the government


The best way to ensure as many workers as possible can retire with dignity is to increase what everybody gets from the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans.

Pension Documents

Type
Title
Date
Subject
BulletinA message from former CUPW National President Jean-Claude Parrot: Go Vote!
Oct 8, 2015
Federal Election 2...
Politics
+8
Federal Politics
Elections
Pensions
Door-to-Door Deliv...
Privatisation and...
Service Expansion
Canada Post
Benefits
BulletinA message from retired Sister Marion Pollack: Go Vote
Oct 15, 2015
Federal Election 2...
Politics
+11
Federal Politics
Elections
Pensions
Door-to-Door Deliv...
Women
Child Care
Canada Post
Environment
Indigenous
Human Rights
Benefits
Media ReleaseCanada Post Executives Have Some Explaining to Do
May 21, 2015
Postal Charter
Service Cuts and P...
+5
Federal Politics
Pensions
Mail Collection an...
Community Mail Box...
Canada Post
PerspectiveCUPW Perspective (September 2015)
Sep 10, 2015
Federal Election 2...
Politics
+5
Federal Politics
Elections
Pensions
Labour Movement an...
Job Loss
BulletinDisability and Life Insurance Adjustments and Retroactivity and Pension Adjustments For Retirees
Jul 15, 2020
Urban and RSMC Neg...
Benefits
+4
Canada Post Life I...
Long-Term Disabili...
Pensions
Retirement
BulletinNo To Bill C-27: An Act to Amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act
Dec 14, 2016
Bill C-27
Politics
+2
Federal Politics
Pensions