Last week Management abruptly terminated negotiations at the Staff-Management Committee (SMC II) in Mexico City (see letter). It is now trying to change the rules of SMC so that it doesn’t have to negotiate with staff again. If Management gets its way, you will lose labour rights that employees in the rest of the world…
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Thank you for coming to the townhall on the UN staff-management relations crisis
Over 300 of you came yesterday: a strong turnout and a sign of unity. This staff council, along with the other councils of the United Nations system, will act on a number of fronts to bring Management back to the negotiating table and protect our fundamental right to negotiate, especially in this time of rapid…
Letter to the Secretary-General on the crisis in staff-management relations
Please find attached a letter to the Secretary-General from all staff unions of the United Nations system detailing the events as they happened, expressing our concern at the current situation with agenda items such as mobility, downsizing guidelines, human rights screening and administration of justice in limbo, and seeking his intervention to re-establish constructive staff-management…
Management terminates negotiations with staff unions; mobility, downsizing rules unresolved
It is with great disappointment that we inform you that the annual negotiations between the UN’s staff unions and global management, held this year in Mexico City, were terminated early by management Friday evening as unions vigorously defended you from attempts to remove negotiating rights. The abrupt ending of the Staff Management Committee (SMC II)…
Council position papers for SMC II
Last week we shared with you the Council’s position on mobility in advance of the staff-management negotiations taking place in Mexico City next week. This paper described the approach we would take regardless of any current or future mobility proposals from management that could come up in the negotiations, as we believe this issue is…
UNDT cases won by OHCHR staff
Rees v. Secretary-General Abbas v. Secretary-General Muratore v. Secretary-General Weiler v. Secretary-General Applicant v. Secretary-General
Recent UNDT Judgements affecting UNCTAD
Fernandez de Cordoba Briz v. Secretary-General Asariotis v. Secretary-General Israbakdhi v. Secretary-General
New policy on renewal of fixed-term appointments
We would like to draw your attention to a new administrative instruction on fixed term appointments, which has just been promulgated as a result of staff-management negotiations. This instruction sets out a framework for a renewal of fixed-term appointments, under which the first appointment is normally for one year, followed by appointments of two years…
Extraordinary Assembly on Friday 26 April
The Council is organizing an Extraordinary Assembly on Friday 26 April 2013 at 1.45 p.m. in Room 8 in order to elect new polling officers and auditors. Agenda Election of the presiding officer Election of polling officers Election of auditors Afin d’élir de nouveaux scrutateurs et vérificateurs aux comptes, le Conseil organise une Assemblée extraordinaire…
New standards of conduct for staff
We would like to share with you the newly adopted Standards of Conduct for the international civil service. These are applicable to all staff of the United Nations and the specialized agencies. These standards were developed over the last two years by a working group, of which Mr. Jamshid Gaziyev of the UNOG Staff Coordinating…