January 2017

  Wednesday, January 11, 2017   The Canadian Labour Congress is congratulating Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Byers on her appointment to the UN Women Executive Director’s Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) last month.   UN Women’s mandate focuses on five key priorities: increasing women’s leadership and participation, ending violence against women, engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes, enhancing women’s economic empowerment and making gender equality central to national

December 12, 2016 Dear Local Lodge _____Recording Secretary, Subj: Transportation Conference Registration Instructions (Conference Call is here)   The call letter for the 2017 IAM Transportation Conference dated November 3, 2016 referenced a new online delegate registration process. Local Lodges can register their delegates at https://tcregistration.iamaw.org. The unique User Name and Password assigned to your Local Lodge are below:                      

PENSIONS 1.  OLD AGE SECURITY BENEFIT  (Monthly, at age 65, January to March 2017) • $578.53 (regardless of marital status) • Adjusted quarterly • OAS/GIS can be deferred up to 5 years (to age 70), with an increase of 0.60% for each month of deferral   2.  CANADA/QUEBEC PENSION PLAN (2017) Maximum Monthly Retirement Benefit at age 65: $1,114.17 (Reduction of 0.60% per month for retirement at 60-64 YO/increase of