Canada Employment and Immigration Union
The Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU) is a Canadian labour union, with over 18,000 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 |
|---|---|
| Members | 18,000+ |
| Affiliation | Public Service Alliance of Canada |
| Key people | Eddy Bourque, President Crystal Warner, NEVP (Vice – President) |
| Office location | 275 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Website | ceiu-seic |
Many of CEIUs 18,000 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. As such, there are over 200 locals across Canada. 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 their Triennial convention. This convention of CEIU 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 (CIC, 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 – Executive Vice-President
- National Vice-President, BC/YT – Vanessa Miller
- National Vice-President, Alberta, NorthWest Territories, and Nunavut – Michelle Henderson
- National Vice President, Saskatchewan and Manitoba – Dwight McLeod
- National Vice-President, Ontario – Travis Lahnalampi
- National Vice-President, Ontario – Nicole Ma
- National Vice-President, National Capital region – Jacques Perrin
- National Vice-President, Quebec – Fabienne Jean-François
- National Vice-President, Quebec – Lyne Cartier
- National Vice-President, Nova Scotia/Newfoundland and Labrador – Debbie Morris
- National Vice-President, New Brunswick/PEI – Rhonda Rumson
- 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) – Marco Angeli
- National Vice-President for Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) – Paul Croes
- National Vice-President for Human Rights – Sebastian Rodrigues