Young workers are the most impacted by the OMERS proposal to eliminate guaranteed indexing. We have the most to lose. Indexing is like getting an annual raise in retirement. It protects our pensions from cost-of-living increases. If “Shared Risk Indexing” is passed, our service after December 31, 2022 would only have conditional indexing – meaning…
Fellow OMERS plan members, The COVID-19 crisis has impacted us all. It has called us to the frontlines of an unparalleled public health crisis and temporarily, though dramatically, changed our world. That’s why on March 25th, CUPE Ontario sent the OMERS SC Board a letter requesting the postponement of their planned June vote to remove…
The COVID-19 crisis has impacted us all. It has called us to the frontlines of an unparalleled public health crisis and temporarily, though dramatically, changed our world. That’s why on March 25th, CUPE Ontario sent the OMERS SC Board a letter requesting the postponement of their planned June vote to remove guaranteed indexing from the…
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Over the last two years, some members of the OMERS Sponsors Corporation (SC) Board have attempted to remove the guaranteed indexing of your pension. So far, CUPE Ontario, allies, and plan members have been able to defeat these attempts. Unfortunately, there is a good chance that this year another attempt to remove your pension’s guaranteed…
Support communities, not cuts. January 17, 2020 Victory! Thanks to the hard work of parents, families, front-line child care workers and allies. Peterborough City Council voted 9-2 in favour of a motion put forward by Councillor Kemi Akapo to keep Pearson and Peterborough Child Care Centres and before and after school programs open. Since the…
Sign the Petition Below: The Ottawa Hospital is moving quickly to close the in-house cafeteria kitchen at the Riverside Campus that serves patients, their families and staff these “home-style” meals and replace it with an outsourced take out food company. Please take a minute to sign the online petition that asks the Ottawa Hospital to…
During the last election campaign, Doug Ford never told us that he was going to radically restructure and privatize Ontario’s health care system, but leaked documents show that they have been planning to do exactly that. Without any consultation whatsoever, the Ford government will soon bring their secret plan for radical changes to healthcare out…
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Dear Minister Elliott, I’m counting on you to support Bill 13, the Time to Care Act. Bill 13 would require all long-term care homes in Ontario to provide a minimum care standard of an average of 4 hours of hands-on care to their residents each day. Even though all parties supported the same bill at second…
