The Canada Employment Immigration Union (CEIU) represents the vast majority of workers at Service Canad,a Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD), Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).The CEIU came into existence in November 1977 following a referendum vote on the merger of two unions, the Economic Security Employees National Association (ESENA) which represented most of the Unemployment Insurance Commission workforce, and the Manpower and Immigration Union (MIU) which represented Manpower and Immigration staffs.Component of the PSACThe CEIU is a component union of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).The PSAC is the bargaining agent which, in concert with the CEIU and other component unions, negotiates with the Treasury Board for service-wide bargaining units such as the Program and Administrative Services (PA) group.Structure of CEIUThe membership is the bedrock of the CEIU and the union has more than 200 locals across the country.
Brendan Reimer has been involved in some form of social enterprise activity, though it wasn't necessarily called this, for about 20 years. Brendan, current Regional Director of the Canadian...Posted: Tue 5 August 2014By: Matthew ThompsonWe asked staff and board members what they were planning on reading this summer: vocationally and vacationally. The resulting list is at turns surprising and exciting, practical and insightful. We hope that you might draw some inspiration from the following reading list for your own summer...Posted: Tue 29 July 2014By: Brendan ReimerOn July 18th, the CCEDNet - Manitoba staff team spent the warm and windy day alongside hundreds of volunteers swinging hammers as part of a week-long blitz to build Habitat for Humanity homes. It was fun, it was hard work, and it was inspiring to see so many dedicated people doing their part to...
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