{"id":4029,"date":"2020-05-17T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2020-05-17T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T16:00:08","slug":"pensioners-deserve-super-priority-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/?p=4029","title":{"rendered":"Pensioners Deserve Super-priority Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Canada starts to relax restrictions, and as people hope to return to work, many are finding there is no work to return to.\u00a0Companies across the country are or could be seeking creditor protection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workers and pensioners must be first in line first in line when it comes to paying creditors after a company files for bankruptcy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Please follow the link and send a letter to your elected representatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"a6rLWV1BIf\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianlabour.ca\/campaigns\/the-feds-need-to-protect-pensions\/\">The feds need to protect pensions<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The feds need to protect pensions&#8221; &#8212; Canadian Labour Congress\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianlabour.ca\/campaigns\/the-feds-need-to-protect-pensions\/embed\/#?secret=a6rLWV1BIf\" data-secret=\"a6rLWV1BIf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3q22g0fIjk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/congresdutravail.ca\/campaigns\/le-federal-doit-proteger-les-retraites\/\">Le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral doit prot\u00e9ger les retraites<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral doit prot\u00e9ger les retraites&#8221; &#8212; Canadian Labour Congress\" src=\"https:\/\/congresdutravail.ca\/campaigns\/le-federal-doit-proteger-les-retraites\/embed\/#?secret=3q22g0fIjk\" data-secret=\"3q22g0fIjk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe financial impact of COVID-19 is huge and we\u2019ve seen what can sometimes happen when companies close: Workers are left holding the bag.\u00a0The federal government needs to be sure companies can\u2019t walk away with people\u2019s pensions.\u00a0If you agree, please take action. Write to the government now using this easy tool. If enough of us speak up, the feds will have to act.<\/p>\n<p><em>Workers and pensioners deserve super-priority status. That means they are first in line when it comes to paying creditors after a company files for bankruptcy. This is what Canada\u2019s unions have long been saying.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Canada starts to relax restrictions, and as people hope to return to work, many are finding there is no work to return to.\u00a0Companies across the country are or could be seeking creditor protection. Workers and pensioners must be first in line first in line when it comes to paying creditors after a company files for bankruptcy. Please follow the link and send a letter to your elected representatives. The feds need to protect pensions Le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral doit prot\u00e9ger les<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}