The 8.2 earthquake, the most powerful in a century, that struck off the South of Mexico has severely damaged thousands of buildings, including homes, schools, government offices and hospitals.Thousands of already vulnerable families have been left homeless and are in urgent need of assistance. As a show of solidarity, the Mexican colleagues in UNOG decided…
Author: Staff Union
Meeting with the Geneva private schools association | Rencontre avec l’Association genevoise des écoles privées
With children back at school, we would like to update you on our meeting last month with the Association genevoise des écoles privées, which includes international schools. During the meeting we discussed the impact that changes to the education grant and Geneva post adjustment would have on staff. According to our calculations, those changes will…
Theatre Club starts again on Tuesday 19 September | Le Club de théâtre reprend ses activités le mardi 19 septembre
The United Nations Theatre Club in Geneva starts again on Tuesday 19 September 2017. Join our fun club and release the artist within. A performance is planned to take place before Easter 2018. Rehearsals are held every Tuesday from 6.40 to 9.40 p.m., in French, with warm-ups, improvisation exercises and other rewarding preparatory activities with…
Update on the legal appeal against the pay cut | Informations mises à jour sur le recours juridique contre les coupes de salaire
Almost 300 of you submitted a request for management evaluation of the March decision of the International Civil Service Commission to cut P and D pay through post adjustment. Given its revised (and more, but not completely, favourable) decision in July (see earlier broadcast) the management evaluation unit has indicated that the request to evaluate the…
Staff Council statement for World Humanitarian Day and petition | Intervention du Conseil de coordination du personnel à l’occasion de la Journée humanitaire mondiale et péitition
Thank you for coming to the World Humanitarian Day commemoration event on Monday, where we were able to remember colleagues who lost their lives in service to the UN. This year’s theme for the day was “Not a Target”. Please find here the statement from staff unions. We would like to remind you to sign the petition…
Summer’s not yet over at UN Beach | L’été n’est pas encore fini à la plage de l’ONU
The summer may be soon drawing to a close – but not quite. In order to keep the holiday spirit alive, we welcome you to UN Beach, open every day until 11 p.m. Special events coming up as part of the club’s 70th anniversary: This Friday, starting after work, we’ll be celebrating the food and…
Percussion classes at the Palais | Stage de percussions au Palais
The United Nations Music Club offers all UN staff members the opportunity to be introduced to World Percussion. A new twelve-week initiation course will start from (every) Monday 18 September until Monday 11 December 2017, and another from (every) Friday 15 September until Friday 15 December 2017. Applicants can select the Monday (beginners) or Friday…
New crèche places for UN staff | Nouvelles places de crèche pour les fonctionnaires de l’ONU
We are pleased to inform you that we have secured crèche places specially negotiated for UN staff, in Geneva (Champel – Menthe à l’eau) and Nyon (Eysins- Terre-bonne). For more details: http://www.popepoppa.ch/en/index.php. For a pre-registration: http://form.popepoppa.ch/?lang=en. In the section “Company partnership”, select ONU. Please note that the Council does not assume any responsibility for the relation…
Action to take on legal cases regarding pay cuts | Mesures à prendre concernant la procédure juridique contre les coupes salariales
We are reverting on the legal aspect of the “no pay cut” campaign. We believe that the ICSC’s revised decision still raises some serious legal concerns. From the procedural perspective, the new decision was taken in a manner that was not sufficiently transparent, participatory or accountable. From the substantive point, the ICSC failed to provide…
Important news on the pay cut | Nouvelles importantes sur les coupes salariales
We would like to update you from Vienna on the latest news regarding the pay cut. You will recall our staff union campaign. It led many Geneva-based organizations to decide not to implement a 7.7 percent pay cut, express strong support for staff and persuade the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to reconsider the issue at…