Eroding pension plans by shifting risk onto vulnerable employees and retirees with limited
ability to absorb income cuts is quite in keeping with the Harper government's determination to lower the boom on
public sector workers and improve the profitability
of their corporate friends in the private
sector.
Iowa recently passed an Act 10 - inspired law with similar policies affecting
public -
sector workers and their unions.1 Other states and members
of Congress are considering enacting such policies, and with its ruling on Janus v. American Federation
of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the U.S. Supreme Court may act to weaken
public -
sector unions and teachers»
ability to collectively bargain.2