Former CUPE senior research officer Kevin Skerrett and political economist Michel Lizee explain the proposed reform bill to pensions and how it will result in the transfer of risk from employers to employees Story Transcript JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore. In news out of Canada, […]
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Kevin Skerrett has worked at the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) since 1994, most of that time as senior research officer focused on pension issues. His work involves all levels of union engagement, from collective bargaining to membership and staff education to policy work. In 2009, he spent a year working as a researcher and editor at the ILO's Bureau for Workers Activities, and was a managing editor for the launch of the International Journal of Labour Research. He has spent the past year on a sabbatical leave of absence from CUPE, pursuing research into the investment activities of major North American pension funds. He holds a master's degree in political economy from Carleton University.