Thank you for coming in such numbers to Tuesday’s staff meeting held as part of the first global day of action. The day was part of a campaign against the deterioration in working conditions, resulting from decisions of the International Civil Service Commission that have shown it to have strayed from its originally intended role…
Category: Equal Pay for UN staff
Townhall on the #ICSCNoTrust campaign to reform how pay and conditions are set | Réunion sur la campagne « #ICSCNoTrust » visant à réformer la manière de fixer notre rémunération et nos conditio
Thank you for taking part in yesterday’s work stoppage – it was certainly noticed. We would like to invite you to an all-Geneva staff meeting today at 1.15 p.m. in Room 12 as part of the Global action day . At the townhall we will: update you on latest developments including the how the cut…
Staff meeting to plan global days of action on pay | Réunion pour organiser les journées d’action globale contre les coupes salariales
Following our staff meeting on pay cuts last week, we have agreed with unions around the world to set Tuesday 27 February as the first of what could be several global days of action in our campaign to reform the International Civil Service Commission and how it sets pay and conditions for G and P…
Next steps following Monday’s pay cut meeting | Prochaines étapes suite à la réunion de lundi sur les coupes salariales
Thank you for coming to the emergency meeting on Monday. During the meeting we gave a recap of the situation up to now. This included the flaws discovered in the post adjustment calculations last year, the refusal of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to recognize these, the ICSC’s undertaking last July in Vienna to…
Emergency meeting on the new pay cut – this Monday | Réunion d’urgence lundi sur les nouvelles coupes salariales
Last year, with your support, we fought against the ICSC pay cut of 7.7 percent for P and D staff. The ICSC agreed to a mitigation buffer of 3 percent and to delaying the implementation so as to integrate January’s 2.4 percent pay rise for US civil servants. With the US pay rise less than…
Letter to Secretary-General urging him not to appeal judgment against pay cut in the compensation review | Lettre au Secrétaire général l’appelant à ne pas faire appel du jugement relatif à la baisse des salaires
Following our broadcast last week, please find here a letter sent to the Secretary-General asking him not to appeal the judgment of the UN Dispute Tribunal that ruled the pay cut for staff with children and working spouses illegal. As you will note in the letter, the Secretary-General has in the past criticized this ICSC-imposed pay cut and we…
Good news for staff pay at the UN Dispute Tribunal | Bonnes nouvelles du Tribunal administratif concernant la rémunération des fonctionnaires
We are following up with UN management and the ICSC to determine next steps. We have also asked the Secretary-General not to appeal the judgement in order to remain consistent with his earlier position. In the meantime, please read the judgment, particularly paragraphs 112 to 115. The judgement goes into some detail on acquired rights…
Summary of last week’s townhall on the pay cut | Résumé de la Réunion générale de la semaine passée sur les coupes salariales
Thank you for coming to our townhall last week on how staff unions in Geneva are moving forward against the pay cut. Our broadcast released over the summer, explained the revised decision of the ICSC following our collective and vigorous campaign. The cut is now significantly less than the original 7.7 percent. Nevertheless, it is still a…
Townhall regarding the pay cut | Réunion générale sur les coupes de salaire
We would like to invite you to a special townhall this Wednesday to discuss the outcome of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) meeting on the pay cut and the next steps. The meeting is being convened by the staff unions in Geneva and will be an important opportunity to learn about what has been done since…
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…