Machinists’ News

In honour of the “International Year of Youth,” identified by the United Nations General Assembly to be the year commencing International Youth Day 2010, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) launches a Poster Contest in the hopes of highlighting the struggles young workers face today. Grand Prize: $500.00Visit www.canadianlabour.ca for more information!Contest Closes: Monday, February 21, 2011Participants must reside in Canada and be under the age of thirty (30). DOWNLOAD THE

While the debate on future improvements to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits continues, a number of smaller CPP changes, already agreed to by the federal and provincial governments, will be coming into effect in 2011 and over the next few years. The most significant changes involve the flexible retirement provisions of the CPP.    You can start to draw CPP retirement benefits any time between the ages of 60 and

  You might have noticed a pension item in the news just before the holidays.  At a December meeting in Alberta, federal and provincial finance ministers decided not to move on improvements to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), but rather to proceed with some kind of private sector-based savings scheme – a Pooled Registered Pension Plan or PRPP. Federal finance minister Flaherty, who had been part of the broad consensus

CHIFFRES UTILES POUR VOTRE GOUVERNE: 2011 A. PENSIONS: 1. PRESTATIONS DE SÉCURITÉ DE VIEILLESSE:   (Mensuelles Janvier 2011)  -ajustées tous les 3 mois          $524.23 2. RÉGIME DE PENSIONS DU CANADA/QUÉBEC (2011)   *Prestations mensuelles: Prestations maximum à l’âge    de 65 ans    $960.00   (Réduction annuelle de 6% à l’âge de retraite 60-64,           Augmentation annuelle de 6% à l’âge de retraite 65-70)   *Prestation maximum d’invalidité  $1,153.37   *Prestation maximum au survivant                                   RPC               RPQ   Au-dessous

Pat Murphy passed away peacefully at his home with his family by his side following a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer on December 9, 2010. Pat will be remembered for many things but most of all for his sense of humour and his deep commitment to social justice, human rights, volunteerism, human dignity and the protection and fair representation of his brothers and sisters in the work place. He