It's really hard to understand the language of pension funds and benefit plans. The Graphic Communications International Union tries to overcome this language barrier. The GCIU Supplemental Retirement and Disability Fund of Canada has published a 50-page booklet. It includes highlights and summaries in clearer language, followed by the plan's legal document.
“It's an important step forward,” says
Duncan Brown, GCIU
Representative.“We still have a long way to go, but
members
find this booklet a big help in
understanding their benefits.”
The Hospital
Employees
Union
represents 45,000 workers
in British
Columbia. The union's servicing and
bargaining
staff produce an annotated
version of their collective
agreement for
servicing reps, local activists and
stewards.
The document:
“Members and staff find the document to
be extremely useful,” says Mike Old
from HEU. “It's very popular. Staff are
just finishing a new version for our latest
collective agreement.”