Customs and Immigration Union

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Workers at CBSA ratify tentative agreement

FB tentative agreement now available

PSAC celebrates equitable pension reform

Phoenix damages, wage increases key to PA deal says Public Interest Commission

February 19, 2020

The government will need to offer PSAC members more Phoenix compensation and higher wage increases if they hope to reach a deal, recommends the Public Interest Commission (PIC) report on Treasury Board common issues and the PA group bargaining unit. Despite this obvious conclusion, we know this government won’t budge unless we make them. That’s why we’ll need to continue ramping up our workplace action, up to […]

Name tags group grievance: Nearly 2,000 signatures collected

Photo of BSO with words "Name tags NJC group grievance" along with a name tag with the word "target" on it

February 14, 2020

Last fall, we sent a call to action by inviting all members who wear name tags to add their names to our National Joint Council Group Grievance, which argues that the employer’s decision to mandate the wearing of name tags is in contravention of the NJC’s Uniforms Directive. It bears repeating again: CBSA’s name tag […]

CIU members rally at Peace Arch border crossing

February 5, 2020

With the employer still refusing to budge on meaningful improvements, our members are ramping up pressure to be treated fairly: After rallying in Saint John, N.B. at the beginning of the year, FB members are now mobilizing in B.C., where they gathered at the Peace Arch border crossing on February 5. CIU-PSAC members are calling […]

TB bargaining – PA group and common issues: Government squanders mediation opportunity

January 22, 2020

Last week, mediation between Treasury Board and PSAC ended without a tentative agreement as government representatives refused to make progress on PSAC’s key demands. The session covered both common issues as well as those specific to the PA unit – 90,000 federal public service workers in Program & Administrative Services. After four years of Phoenix problems, the employer didn’t come […]

Public Interest Commission provides its recommendations for EB group

February 5, 2020

PSAC has now received the Public Interest Commission’s (PIC) recommendations on issues that are specific to the Education and Library Science (EB) group. The PIC’s recommendations on issues common to all Treasury Board groups will be made available when the Commission submits its recommendations for the Program and Administrative Services (PA) group. While the PIC […]