The first issue took a long look at the state of wages during Alberta's boom - showing a rather gloomy picture. Since the publication of that issue, other groups, including business-friendly research institutes, have confirmed our findings in the first issue - until very recently, wages in Alberta were not keeping up with the inflation. The AFL was one of the first to raise that alarm bell, and readers of Union were the first to hear about it.
In this second issue, we look at another topic important to working Albertans - pensions. While most of us dream of finally being retired and not having to go to work every day, very few of us spend much time thinking about the financial end of retiring.
While pensions can be daunting in their complexity, they are of crucial importance to workers of all ages. That is why we wanted to take a look at what is happening with pensions today and ask some serious questions about Canada's retirement income system.
I hope you enjoy this issue of Union, and that you take a moment after reading it to sign up for a subscription. Subscriptions are free, but they are the only way to get a copy of the magazine regularly and reliably.
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