Pensions 101 – Pension Power

Get to Know Your Pension

Learn how your money is invested, how decisions are made, and how you can take back control of your financial future.

Understand How Your Pension Works

We set aside some of our income to help secure your retirement through a pension. That money is pooled into a pension fund that invests in a range of assets – stocks, bonds, real estate, private equity – with the goal of growing and keeping up with the cost of living. The returns on those investments go back into the fund to pay us when we retire.

What You Should Know About Your Pension

Where the Money Goes

Learn about the different kinds of investments your pension makes.

Impact on Communities

See how some of these assets help or harm workers and communities.

How Pensions Are Managed

Understand pension governance and how you can have a say.

The History of Public Pensions

How did we get here?

Take Control of Your Pension

Influence Your Pension Fund

How workers and retirees can exercise their democratic rights and view pensions as a place of collective action.

Checklist for Action

A simple guide to finding information and engaging with your pension fund.

Talk to Your Colleagues

Tips on talking with colleagues about how pensions connect to issues workers care about.

Use your
Pension Power

Discover the power behind public pensions, who manages them, and how we can use them to help ourselves and our communities.

Stories of Change