OMERS

CUPE Ontario is mobilizing locals to engage in “Cancel the Cuts” Protect Our OMERS Pensions Campaign.

Monday April 27, 2023, during CUPE Local 973 General Membership Meeting (GMM) a resolution was passed, for the local to fulfill the following:

  1. Support the CUPE Ontario’s Cancel the Cuts campaign
  2. Ensure union members are informed of the threat of pension benefit cuts
  3. Collect petition signatures in support of the campaign
  4. Distribute campaign materials in the members’ workplace and throughout the union
  5. Identify a campaign lead from our local
  6. Urge the employer to oppose cuts to our OMERS pensions
  7. Request the employer lobby its employer association at the OMERS Sponsor Corporation board of directors to vote against proposed cuts to plan members’ pensions (e.g., Association of Municipalities of Ontario [AMO], Ontario Public School Boards Association [OPSBA], Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association [OCSTA], City of Toronto, Association of Children’s Aid Societies of Ontario, Electrical Distributors Association)
  8. Mobilize members for direct action if necessary
  9. Report to the membership about developments on this campaign
  10. Share the campaign with other unions in our community that have members in OMERS

Please, see the full “Resolution Package” OMERS Cancel the Cuts Resolutions Guide-EN (February 2023) to read “why” it is important to protect our OMERS benefit plan.

*Members will have a chance to learn more about the OMERS campaign during our May GMM. Please, look for your upcoming May meeting agenda and campaign materials.

For those who are ready to act, we have provided campaign petition form OMERS Cancel the Cuts Petition Sample-single (February 2023)_to sign.

CUPE Ontario will collect these petitions (from the locals) and send them to OMERS Sponsor Corporation board of directors to request that OMERS decision-makers be accountable to plan members.

Note: Please, check this site for future updates and developments on the campaign.973.cupe.ca/…/OMERS-Cancel-the-Cuts-Petition-Sample-single-February-2023_.pdf

Thank you for your continued support,

In Solidarity,

CUPE local 973 Executive