Retiree Benefits: Keep your word

OPSEU has published a new Q&A about post-retirement benefits for members of the OPTrust pension plan. Click here to read the full document.

OPSEU has negotiated a new agreement with the Ontario government on post-retirement benefits for members of the OPTrust pension plan. Read the full settlement here.

For a full comparison of the differences between the existing OPTrust benefit plan for retirees and the alternative plan negotiated between OPSEU and the Ontario government and announced today, click here.

OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas has sent the letter below to OPSEU members in the OPTrust pension plan. Action memo To: All OPSEU members in the OPSEU Pension Trust pension plan From: Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President Date: November 16, 2016 Re: We’ve just won a victory on retiree benefits Dear friends: I have some very...

OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas has sent the letter below to all OPSEU members in the OPSEU Pension Trust pension plan. Action memo To: All OPSEU members in the OPSEU Pension Trust pension plan From: Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President Date: October 25, 2016 Re: OPSEU to file for interim relief from retiree benefit changes if...

If it ain’t broke, why fix it? That’s the message at the heart of OPSEU’s pitch to a special consultation group that is studying changes to the rules around defined-benefit pension plan solvency in Ontario. In its written submission to the Ministry of Finance, OPSEU said that jointly sponsored pension plans (JSPPs) – like OPTrust,...

September 29, 2016 Via email: [email protected] The Honourable Liz Sandals President of the Treasury Board Treasury Board Secretariat Room 4320, 4th Floor, Whitney Block 99 Wellesley Street West Toronto, Ontario  M7A 1W3 Re: Fairness for retirees Dear Ms. Sandals: More than two-and-a-half years ago, your government announced a plan to require public employees whose pension...

The President of OPSEU is calling on members of the OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust) pension plan to step up their lobbying of local MPPs around the issue of post-retirement benefits. “We have been fighting the government’s plan to make OPSEU members in OPTrust pay premiums for post-retirement benefits since the idea was first announced in...

OPSEU First Vice-President/Treasurer Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida sent the letter below to Treasury Board Secretariat today. June 1, 2016 Marc Rondeau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Employee Relations Division Treasury Board Secretariat 7th Floor, Ferguson Block, 77 Wellesley Street West Toronto, Ontario  M7A1N3 Re: Post-retirement benefits for OPSEU members in the OPSEU Pension Trust Dear Mr. Rondeau: This...

On Feb. 18, 2014, the provincial Liberal government announced that effective Jan. 1, 2017, the eligibility criteria for post-retirement benefits were changing for retired public service employees. In addition, retirees will have to pay half of the cost for the benefits. This includes LCBO employees and others in the OPSEU Pension Trust or the Public...

Responding to the Liberal attack on retiree benefits in the Ontario Public Service On February 18, 2014, the Liberal government led by Premier Kathleen Wynne announced changes that will increase the cost of extended health benefits for retired public service employees, LCBO employees, and others in the OPSEU Pension Trust or the Public Service Pension...