The Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) is seeking to hire a full-time bilingual Labour Relations Administrator with extensive experience to be staffed on a full-time indeterminate basis. Applications will be received until close of business on August 18, 2022 (5:00 p.m. EDT). Please see the full posting here (PDF) for more information about the position, the […]
The situation at airports and ports of entry across the country continues to deteriorate, and it’s clear the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the federal government have no plan to get international travel back on track anytime soon. While travellers returning to the country are piling up in airports and cars are lining up […]
The implementation of the 2022 Summer Action Plan (SAP) by CBSA in June of this year raises a number of questions for the union and its members. As per the employer’s own documentation, the SAP was developed to respond to the anticipated summertime operational pressures on border operations—including a sharp increase in the volume of […]
PSAC’s fight for a fair deal is progressing as a federal labour board last week moved to establish a Public Interest Commission (PIC) to help advance negotiations for 120,000 PSAC members. The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Board called for the establishment of a PIC for the EB, PA, SV, and TC bargaining tables last […]
On June 27, 2022, as part of our response to CBSA’s Summer Action Plan, PSAC filed a policy grievance on behalf of CIU members, asserting that the Canada Border Services Agency violated the FB collective agreement by unilaterally introducing the Summer Action Plan. As per the grievance, the union is of the opinion that the […]
