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weiser
Post Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:49 am

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Location: Chilliwack 		is there any chance that someone can post a picture of the CCWIPP Campbellville office with the nice shiny Cadillac parked outside?

Never mind-- here they are:




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wm pasz
Post Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:19 pm

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Location: Toronto 		Taffy - you guys bugged a UFCW office? That's beautiful! Do you still have the tapes buy any chance? We could digitize them and post 'em for the benefit of the community (like we did with this CCWIPP-buddy. We could even do a
re-mixed versionthat you can dance to.

But seriously, let there be no doubt in anyone's mind that we're going to see this thing through. You're right, we've come a long way and we're only just getting warmed up for the real party. The lid's going to blow off this whole bizarre twisted tale of the UFCW's betrayal of thousands of working people.

TTE,
Mike Fraser and Bernie Christophe's hissy fits at the FSCO were just the beginning of a ridiculous damage control strategy that was so stupid that, well, could only be hatched by two dimwits who have spent their lives worshipping at Cliff Evans' feet. For whatever reason (probably just plain old stupidity), it never occurred to either one of them that shitting on guys who can haul you up on charges might have some risks attached. Maybe Uncle Cliff told 'em not to worry - he had the whole mess under control. I believe this was likely to have been the case. When the first FSCO report came out and the Toronto Star's big expose was published, Cliff and his band of followers still believed that they were going to shut the MFD site down and that would be the last that anyone would hear about their pension problems. Guess he wasn't as smart as Mike and Bernie thought.

Hissy fits and denials were just the beginning though. In the months that followed, the CCWIPP crew threatened members with lawsuits, pissed and moaned about solvency legislation, sold one of their underperforming hotels to Bernie C. and Cliff's other nephew Eugene Fraser and even retained an "arm's length" watchdog who has a business relationship with them.

I think that some of this ridiculousness contributed to Mikey Fraser's hasty exit from the Canadian Director's chair. I can't imagine the International being happy with this even though they aren't known for casting themselves in a particularly favourable light either. I mean, if they allowed the My Union Doesn't Suck essay contest to go forward, they've all got problems.

Anyway, there's some more good material for ya.

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The Third Element
Post Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:23 pm

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I'm just lovin' this point... unreal:

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A question in an entertaining FAQ on the cwip-shit web site provides a big clue:

Q: Do you know who made the anonymous allegations that triggered the FSCO investigation?

A: Our legal counsel is seeking to identify the pension plan's accusers.


"You try to take us on and we'll hunt you down like the dogs that we are. ~ UFCW Bosses"

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wm pasz
Post Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:47 pm

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Location: Toronto 		The CCWIPP boys have been trying to extract the specific details of concerns raised by CCWIPP member(s), along with their names, from the FSCO via Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act since about 2003. It's sort of wierd. You'd think that with so many of their lawsuits blowing up in their faces, they'd abandon suing the members as a survival strategy but hey, maybe they're just hellbent on self-destruction.

They won't succeed in getting any information out of the FSCO but they'll continue to throw members' money away on this hopeless endeavour all the same.

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The Third Element
Post Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:18 pm

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I remember what it was I wanted to ask... what is the Feb 15, 2002 date all about?



Is that when the initial FSCO investigation would have started?

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weiser
Post Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:52 am

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Location: Chilliwack 		Tom Golfetto, the Director of Pensions wrote to the CCWIPPshits on February 5, 2003 and in part demanded:

Quote:
It has been brought to our attention that certain transactions may have occurred under the
aforesaid pension plan that may be in violation of the Pension Benefits Act, R.S.O. 1990 (the "Act") and Regulation 909, R.R. 0. 1990, as amended (the "Regulation"). These allegations relate to the investments of the pension fund.

Given the possible serious nature of this matter, I require that you and the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan (CCWIPP) provide the following information for review by the staff of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. My authority for requiring this information is subsection 98(1) of the Act.

1. The pension fund has a number of investments in real estate through Propco Holdings.
We require copies of all documentation related to these investments. The documentation should include, but not be limited to, copies of any due diligence reports, most recent appraisal reports, environmental reports and annual financial statements, copies of the minutes of any Board of Trustees and Investment Committee meetings where these investments were discussed and any correspondence related to these investments. We also require a copy of the Articles of Incorporation which include the names of the various Directors....


Cliff-boy sent a member a stupid letter in June 2002 saying the CCWIPP was in fine shape and that there was nothing to worry about. In fact he told the member that the CCWIPP was going to open up the master agreement to get the employers to kick in more dough. That December, the employers kicked in more dough (mid-contract) and VOILA! Loblaw got the UFCW to agree to a secret Superstore deal early in 2003.

Cliff-boy's letter was in response to a member's enquiries in early 2002. The FSCO was also getting asked embarassing questions in late 2001 and early 2002. They mentioned this in their 2005 report:
Quote:
During 2002, allegations were made to FSCO to the effect that CCWIPP was not
complying with the Act and Regulation. Specifically these allegations related to the following:

* there were irregularities involved in the investment of assets of the pension fund
in respect of certain real estate investments being managed by the Board of
Trustees;
*the assets of the pension plan were not being held in the name of CCWIPP;
*related-party transactions were taking place contrary to the Act;
*conflict of interest situations existed contrary to the Act;
*some members of the Board of Trustees were receiving payments other than those contemplated by the Act; and
*the Board of Trustees was not meeting their fiduciary obligations under the Act.


I'd suspect that the 2002 date is the date of the first written questions. It's surprising (and then again not so)that the FSCO stopped at 2002.
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The Third Element
Post Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:00 am

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Ahhhh... that created a nice comfortable "click" sound just then, no?

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The Third Element
Post Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:12 am

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So the LOU #52, and mysterious LOU #1 (the National Office one, which I have never found) are in and around June, July 2003...

I presume this to be coincidental to the time when the boys blew the whole of the Loblaws exec and then gently took the members from behind?

Wanna bet the "wake up Wal-Mart" started about then too?

“Oh what tangled webs we weave, when we work to deceive"

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Plutodog
Post Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:53 am

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weiser wrote:

Never mind-- here they are:



Now I know, SOMEBODY's gotta have sources who can tell who's registered under license plate #ANPC 657...

Enquiring minds wanna know!

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weiser
Post Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:29 pm

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Location: Chilliwack 		Try a leasing company. Who drives it? Try a very prominent member of the "Cliff Co." (operating as "God Co." in some neighbourhoods) family. It's a Gene-etic mobile--no doubt. His phone is probably a fraser-razor too--Hello Moto!

Black Cars Look Better In The Shade


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wm pasz
Post Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:12 pm

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Location: Toronto 		If you look at the Information sworn by the FSCO (this is the document that laid the charges against the trustees) you'll see that the period during which the alleged offences took place is given as Feb. 15, 2002 to Dec. 31, 2003. The Feb 2002 date is probably the official commencement of the examination. The Dec. 2003 is a bit of a mystery. If Feb. 2002 is the beginning of the examination then it would make sense that Dec. 2003 would be the end of the examination. That, however, raises the thorny question of what the FSCO was doing until the M ay of 2005 when it finally released its report. We know that in Dec. 2004 it sent a draft of the report to the CCWIPP boys for their review (the members weren't given the same courtesy).

There's some pretty strange circumstances surrounding this whole examination thing. I hope the FSCO flunkies didn't provide the CCWIPP boys with an opportunity to beat the rap on a technicality by providing these dates when possibly the offences should have bee shown as taking place over a much longer period.

As to who drives the mafia staff car: Probably Eugene Fraser or maybe even - omigawd - Cliff hisself!

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SharynS
Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:42 am

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Til Sept. 16th CCWIPP boys (and Lucy).
Count with me --> ONE...

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taffy
Post Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:14 pm

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What is happening with this, did they pull some shit and survive?
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wm pasz
Post Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:00 pm

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Location: Toronto 		The hearing appears to have been rescheduled to October 11th. We'll be there to bring you all the news. I have a feeling this is going to be like playing whack-a-mole.

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The Third Element
Post Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:05 pm

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The secret to carnival whack-a-mole is not to react, step back and keep your eyes on the whole board.

In prairie Whack-a-mole one drives a fast low car down the road at high speed.

This is becoming more like the carnival version, but with about 700 "whackers".

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