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CBSA responds to CIU in regards to the three suspended officers...
On September 5th, CIU received a letter from CBSA President Luc Portelance, in response to its request that the Agency rescind the disciplinary measures it imposed...
Interim Memorandum of Agreement Concerning Arming and MMPI Extended
On Friday, August 29, legal counsel for CIU-PSAC signed an agreement with Treasury Board to extend the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) concerning CBSA’s arming...
CIU asks CBSA to reinstate the three suspended officers from Manitoba
Following CBSA’s decision to suspend three members without pay, CIU sent a letter to CBSA President, Luc Portelance.
The disciplined officers were on duty at their...
CBSA’s removal of its female officers for religious travellers is unacceptable
A recent decision by the Canada Border Services Agency to remove female officers from their posts so that religious travellers can avoid being screened...
CIU vows to support officers suspended for helping RCMP undertake arrest...
Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) National President Jean-Pierre Fortin has confirmed the CIU will do everything in its power to overturn the discipline imposed...
Family status accommodation: Government will not appeal Johnstone case
The period in which the federal government could seek to appeal in the case of PSAC member Fiona Johnstone has closed. This brings to...
CIU Obtains Interim Relief in the wake of CBSA’s communications on...
CIU National President Jean-Pierre Fortin and CIU Labour Relations Officer Laurel Randle, represented by Chantal Homier-Nehmé, PSAC Legal Officer and Andrew Raven of Raven...
Federal court upholds PSAC alternation victory
The Federal Court of Canada recently confirmed the PSAC’s alternation victory by dismissing Treasury Board’s application.
In February 2014, the Federal Court heard an application for judicial...
Sick leave doesn’t cost government extra: PBO report
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a new report today, concluding that it costs almost nothing extra to pay sick leave to federal civil servants....
Name Tag Fight : CIU Wins At OHS Tribunal, CBSA Appeal...
In December 2012, many Border Services Officers (BSO) across Canada exercised their right to refuse dangerous work. These BSOs alleged that CBSA’s new, ill-conceived...