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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...
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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...
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June 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...

2017: Alternation and age discrimination case

This is the sixth vignette in a series celebrating our union victories. In a matter of blatant age discrimination by the employer, Diane Legros, who...
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Deployment of armed CBSA officers at Canadian airports: Letter to Ministers...

Original letter sent to Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and Bill Blair, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction...
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Press Release – Arming of CBSA officers at airports in Canada:...

OTTAWA, May 5, 2019 – The National President of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) has denounced as “troubling” the recent announcement by the...
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Trudeau’s Phoenix compensation offer not good enough – PSAC determined to...

PSAC President Chris Aylward issued the following statement: After two years of negotiations, the Liberal government has offered only 1.25 days of leave per year,...
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National Day of Mourning

April 28 is the National Day of Mourning. On that day, we will once again remember those who lost their lives due to work-related...