Category: Canadian border workers

Expect Serious Delays at Border Due to Staff Shortages If Travel Levels Rise: Union

The head of a union representing Canada’s customs and immigration officers says chronic staffing shortages mean long waits at the border won’t necessarily disappear when use of the controversial ArriveCan app soon becomes optional. Mark Weber, national president of the Customs and Immigration Union, warns that if travel volumes start to increase substantially there will…


Canadian Border Workers Vote in Favour of Striking as Soon as Aug. 6, Union Says

Canadians could be facing mail disruptions and slowdowns at the border with the United States next month after members of a union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees voted in favour of striking, jeopardizing the federal government’s reopening plans. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union announced Tuesday…