Canada Employment and Immigration Union
The Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU) is a Canadian labour union, with over 30,000 members in every Canadian Province and Territory. CEIU is affiliated with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and all CEIU members are automatically members of the PSAC. As affiliated, the PSAC is the bargaining agent for CEIU and other component unions for negotiations with the Treasury Board. CEIU is a member of the Program and Administrative Services (PA) group.
| Founded | November 1967 |
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| Headquarters | 275 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario |
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Members | 30,000+ |
Key people | Eddy Bourque, President Crystal Warner, NEVP (Vice – President) |
| Affiliations | Public Service Alliance of Canada |
| Website | ceiu-seic |
Many of CEIUs 30,000 members work for the Federal Public Service within Service Canada / ESDC, IRCC and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) as Immigration officers, Employment Insurance adjudicators, Program Services Delivery Clerks (PSDCs) and Service Canada Payment and/or Benefit Officers.
Structure
The membership is the cornerstone of CEIU. There are over 150 locals across Canada, and each local administers its own affairs, elects its own officers and is responsible for the day-to-day relationship with local management.
Every three years, CEIU holds its Triennial convention which delegates determines the union's policy on all matters affecting the members and their organization. The National President and the National Executive Vice-president are elected by delegates to the convention.
Between conventions, the National Executive, headed by the National President and the National Executive Vice-president, is responsible for the affairs of the Union. The National Vice-presidents (NVPs), representing eleven geographic regions; departmental or other constituencies (IRCC, IRB, Women's issues, Human Rights), are elected by their respective members.
Staff
CEIU is the only component of the PSAC to have its own network of union offices across the country. National Union Representatives in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia work exclusively with CEIU members and their local leaders.
National Union Representatives assist members with grievances and other issues, provide training, and help Locals to organize and maintain a strong union presence in the workplace. Staff at the union's national office in Ottawa carry out research, assist in consultation with senior management, and provide financial, clerical and administrative support.
CEIU staff are represented by the Canadian Office & Professional Employees Union Local 225 which negotiates collective agreements on their behalf.[1]
Executive
The current National Executive is:
- Eddy Bourque – National President
- Crystal Warner – National Executive Vice-president
- National Vice-president, BC/YT – Sargy Chima
- National Vice-president, Alberta, NorthWest Territories, and Nunavut – Sabino Spagnuolo
- National Vice President, Saskatchewan and Manitoba – Chris Gardiner
- National Vice-president, Ontario – AM KaurSingh
- National Vice-president, Ontario – Phil Matheson
- National Vice-president, National Capital region – Dan Carrière
- National Vice-president, Quebec – Judith Côté
- National Vice-president, Quebec – Annik Beamish
- National Vice-president, Nova Scotia/Newfoundland and Labrador – Debbie Morris
- National Vice-president, New Brunswick/PEI – Charlene Arsenault
- National Vice-president for Women's Issues – Western Region – Lynda MacLellan
- National Vice-president for Women's Issues – Eastern Region – Jodi MacPherson
- National Vice-president for Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) – Michaëlle Antoine
- National Vice-president for Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) – Helen King
- National Vice-president for Human Rights – Sebastian Rodrigues