On June 8th, Jeannie Baldwin PSAC REVP-Atlantic, joined Hassan Yussaf, CLC Secretary/Treasurer; Carl Pursey, PEI Federation of Labor; Mylo Murray, CUPE; Shelly Ward, UPSE: Eric Gauthier, CUPW; Everett Baker, Congress of Union Retirees of Canada; and Debi Buell, PSAC Federation of Labour Vice-President, for a presentation to PEI Premier Robert Ghiz and PEI Finance Minister Wes Sheriden.
Premier, Ghiz and Finance Minister Sheriden, along with cabinet members were cordial and gave very positive feedback on the CLC Campaign “Retirement Security for Everyone”. Jeannie Baldwin, REVP Atlantic also spoke of the myths around Federal Government pensions.
Links to the pension campaigns can be found at:
PSAC “Hands off Our Pension” campaign http://www.psac.com/petition-pension/
CLC “Retirement Security for everyone” campaign http://www.canadianlabour.ca/action-center/retirement-security-for-everyone