IRB

February 20, 2012

The union pushes the 3 Departments to set up national workforce adjustment committees

We are all very apprehensive about the impacts of the upcoming budget of the federal government which will include drastic cuts to the federal public service necessarily affecting a number of our members. A few months ago, every Department was required to prepare for two scenarios, one for a 5% decrease in expenditures and the other for a 10% decrease. February 17, 2012

New Refugee Bill C-31 to adversely impact our members

The Minister for Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney yesterday introduced a Bill in the House of Commons that intends to amend the Refugee Reform Act that was passed in 2010. The Bill is titled “Protecting Canada’s Immigration Act” and is numbered Bill C-31. February 14, 2012

CEIU Members take on Legal Discrimination battle at IRB

A group of CEIU members at the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) have been fighting classification and discrimination issues for over 20 years. That's right! Since 989 Case Management Officers (CMO's) at the IRB, led by Norm Murray, CEIU’s National Vice-President for the IRB, have been engaged in their very own fightback campaign.