CBSA must address abuse of authority and harassment by management
The unions representing Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) employees are demanding immediate action to address abuse of authority and harassment by management at the...
Occupational Group Structure: an update on the classification process
The Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, part of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, has been working to modernize several classification groups...
Bargaining and Phoenix: PSAC launches ad campaign targeting Trudeau and new...
As more than 140,000 PSAC members are still without new contracts or fair compensation for the Phoenix pay system disaster, PSAC has launched an...
NJC Group Grievance – Wearing of Name Tags
As we’ve pointed out before, CBSA’s name tag policy continues to foster a dangerous work environment for our members, having already brought much harm...
Fighting misinformation: A message from your National Executive
Sisters & Brothers,
As you may know, the CSN (Confédération des syndicats nationaux), a union mostly active at the provincial level within Quebec, has been...
Name tags and violence in the workplace
It is now almost seven years since the CBSA began forcing us to wear name tags. In that time, we’ve suffered countless incidents of...
September 2019 Young Workers Conference Call
If you are 35 years old or younger and want to get involved with your union, you are invited to participate in the next...
2010: Family status accommodation
This is the fifth vignette in a series celebrating our union victories.
The 2010 groundbreaking Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ‘Johnstone Decision’ shaped the future of...
Full-time deployment for FB-02s
A few months ago, CIU became aware of a troublesome CBSA initiative regarding the hiring of part-time FB-02s. This practice effectively created a two-tier...
2008: ‘Doubling-up’ at ports of entry
Our seventh vignette in a series celebrating our union victories.
It should go without saying that no officer should be obligated to work alone when...