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Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies
September 27, 2013 to December 13, 2013
We are pleased to invite participation in an open workshop series focused on the role of Canadian workers' pension funds in the larger national and global economy.
One of the key features of the continuing deep economic crisis facing Canadian workers is the attack on long established pension and retirement benefits, which are now dismissed as a costly frill that only benefits a shrinking minority of the workforce. The defence of these benefits by trade unions is becoming more difficult and divisive - it risks appearing self-serving in a context where the older notion that private, employer-based plans might serve as a positive step toward a universal system of full coverage for all workers is no longer credible.
Workshop Coordinators:
Convenor: Kevin Skerrett (Canadian Union of Public Employees), kevin.skerrett@gmail.com
Greg Albo (Centre for Social Justice), albo@yorku.ca
Proposed Series Schedule and Details:
Each of the six workshops will be held on Friday afternoons from 3:30pm-6:00pm, every other week. (We will skip November 8th, and use November 15th in its place)
We ask that those interested in attending please register and RSVP their interest to Kevin Skerrett, at kevin.skerrett@gmail.com
- September 27: From Pension Fund Socialism to Pension Fund Capitalism?
- October 11: Trade union and 'progressive' strategies: The Responsible Investment, Capital Stewardship, and 'pension fund activism' movements
- October 25: Fiduciary Duty - A legal shield for corporate
Time: Friday afternoons from 3:30pm to 6:00pm, every other week
Venue: CSI, ING Room
Location: 720 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON
Website: http://rabble.ca/whatsup/pension-funds-unions-and-working-class-strategies
For information contact: Kevin Skerrett, at kevin.skerrett@gmail.com
Categories: Labour, Workplace, Unions
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