The Public Service Alliance of Canada will soon be approaching the employer to begin negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreement for the FB Group. To ensure that we succeed in achieving the demands of importance to the membership, member participation and direct input into the process is critical. Members of the bargaining unit […]
As Treasury Board bargaining resumed this week, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) responded to the employer’s proposals with a clear mandate for improvements to working conditions. PSAC’s PA, EB, TC and SV bargaining teams highlighted the need for greater work-life balance and improvements to pay and leave, among other important gains for federal […]
On July 4, 2018, the CIU National Executive, the National Human Rights Representative Brother Star, Labour Relations Officer Sister Randle and PSAC Legal Officer Sister Berry met with the CBSA for a G-1 meeting to discuss the Condition of Employment to be armed and the Duty to Accommodate those with use of force limitations.
In late May of this year, CIU became aware that CBSA would not be authorising the border officers deployed to this year’s G7 meeting to carry their sidearm. This news was subsequently reported on by media outlets, and attracted quite a bit of attention. That CBSA takes such a position is nothing new. Just as […]
Today, the Treasury Board signed our new collective agreement for the Border Services (FB) group. Now that the collective agreement has been signed, all the provisions of the agreement are in effect and CBSA has a maximum of 150 days from the date of signing to adjust employees’ wages and pay out retroactive payments.
