The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day of hope and healing for those impacted by the horrors of the residential school system, and who continue to be triggered and retraumatized through the ongoing confirmation of unmarked graves. Communities across Canada have borne witness to the tragic confirmation of more than 1,100 unmarked graves at […]
After two weeks of mediation at the Common Issues table, the federal government put forward a revised wage offer on the last day of talks that would still see more than 120,000 federal public service workers take what amounts to a significant pay cut in the face of record high inflation. Mediation took place September […]
On Sunday, September 25, 2022, as part of the 45th Annual Canadian Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Service, representatives of the Customs and Immigration Union were honoured and humbled to be back on Parliament Hill to attend the service and pay respect to the brave officers who lost their lives in the exercise of their […]
At its September 2022 meeting, in Ottawa, the CIU National Board of Directors passed a motion to establish an additional strike fund to better support CIU PA, SV, TC and EB members during this current round of bargaining. The fund would allow CIU members in good standing who are part of these groups, and who […]
On September 24, 2022, in light of the severe impact of hurricane Fiona on communities throughout the Atlantic region and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the CIU National Board of Directors voted to make a $10,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross. Members of the Board hope that this contribution will be of some […]
