As part of Service Canada's Transformation agenda, ESDC is revising Job Descriptions (JD) to ensure that the work of CEIU members accurately reflects what they do. For this exercise, ESDC decided to include unions.

Since the last update was posted on our site in October 2020, CEIU has held two meetings with the ESDC Labour Relations team on November 5 and December 24, 2020, to monitor the file processing. Here are the highlights of these meetings:

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Every year, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against women takes place on December 6th, the anniversary of the Polytechnique shooting in Montreal.

To all CEIU Members,

With the steady rise in COVID cases around the world, we wish to thank everyone for their continued commitment in serving Canadians and in addressing concerns in their respective communities.

CEIU commemorates this day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

From the 15 candidates who are receiving a $2,000 CEIU National Scholarship, CEIU is publishing a few essays that drew our attention. Here are the essays from 4 candidates:

The 2020 theme ‘Not all Disabilities are Visible’  focuses on spreading awareness and understanding of disabilities that are not immediately apparent, such as mental illness, chronic pain or fatigue, sight or hearing impairments, diabetes, brain injuries, neurological disorders, learning differences and cognitive dysfunctions, among others.

This year, CEIU received a total of 22 applications from across the country. The National Executive approved the following 15 candidates to receive a $2,000 CEIU National Scholarship:

CEIU is appalled with the new direction taken by TBS on the use of 699 leave. It is imperative that we hold the employer at the departmental level accountable for their complacency in this discriminatory application of an entitlement our union earned through collective bargaining. CEIU is looking at this issue. Further information and guidance for locals will be made available in the coming week.  

The CEIU National Executive held their meeting by videoconferencing from October 6^th to 9^th, 2020.