Pension Power - 9780802036476

Pension PowerUnions, Pension Funds, and Social Investment in Canada\nAuthor(s): Isla Carmichael\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802036476, 978-0802036476\nSynopsis\nCanadian pension fund assets are second in size only to the combined financial assets of the major banks and have become a critical source of capital for national and international markets. Given their tax-exempt status, pension funds can provide the long-term capital needed to build a new economy based on real productivity. The funds are controlled by an intricate web of financial and legal standards but, as deferred wages, are largely beyond the control of workers or their unions.\n\nIn Pension Power, Isla Carmichael argues that unions could<>and should<>have a new role to play in the economy by gaining control over their members pension funds. She demonstrates how the financial industry's access to the capital goes against.