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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...
Watch new video featuring PSAC members take a stand against the...
Today the federal government launches the National Public Service Week. PSAC and CIU have boycotted it, but it doesn't mean we are staying silent. Cuts...
CIU’s National President meets with Public Safety Minister
On May 13th, 2014, CIU’s National President, Jean-Pierre Fortin, met with Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney. The meeting provided him with an opportunity to...
CIU leadership and PSAC legal counsel meet with CBSA
Over the last several weeks CBSA has been attempting to undermine the legal rights of CIU/PSAC members in the FB bargaining unit.
It is our...