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
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
Bulletin, Collective AgreementPension and Retroactivity
May 3, 2019
Urban and RSMC Neg...
Canada Post
+1
Pensions
Blog Post, President’s BlogTime to Stop Fear-Mongering about Postal Workers Pensions
Nov 24, 2017
Urban and RSMC Neg...
Canada Post
+3
Negotiations
Pensions
Federal Politics