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3 July 2019 - ILO Administrative Tribunal judgment on “Geneva salary cut cases”

This afternoon the ILO Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT) delivered its judgments on the cases which were concluded during its 128th session, including the cases known as the “Geneva salary cut cases” on which this message will be focused.

Allow me to firstly congratulate each and every one of you who has in any way been involved in the long campaign to seek transparency and justice relative to the earlier decisions of the International Civil Service Commission, subsequently implemented by the UN common system organizations in Geneva in 2018, which reduced your take home pay on the basis of the ICSC’s 2016 cost-of-living survey. Today, justice was served.

In delivering its judgments today, the ILOAT representative read short summaries and the judgments pertaining to the cases which were grouped together per organization.  Those organizations which are subject to the ILOAT jurisdiction and in which staff had filed appeals against the pay cut include ILO, IOM, ITU, WHO and WIPO.

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1 July 2019 - Take part in the Geneva Pride on Saturday 6 July

          Pride 2019

Dear colleagues,

As part of FICSA’s continued support for diversity and inclusion, as well as the actions of UN GLOBE, FICSA has the pleasure to inform you of the below invitation from UN GLOBE in respect of the 2019 Geneva Pride march which will take place on Saturday, 6 July 2019, from 15:30.

It would be deeply appreciated if you could transmit this message as well as UN GLOBE’s below invitation to all members of your respective staff associations/unions, informing them that they can still register for the march.  Too often UN GLOBE members tell us that they do not feel supported by their staff associations/unions. Sending out this message and marching with them will show staff that this is not true and that the staff associations/unions are there for all staff, including LGBTIQ+ staff.

By marching with them you will be joining local Swiss Unions and women’s groups! Please don’t forget to register.

In solidarity,

Brett Fitzgerald
FICSA President
 

20 June 2019 - Please read this before you answer the ICSC global staff survey designed to affect your pay, benefits and allowances!

Dear Colleagues,

In line with FICSA’s communication to its membership of yesterday’s date on this subject, the Presidents of all three staff federations have consulted in order to formulate common advice to you on this important matter.

Having completed our consultations we now have the pleasure to provide you with the following information, analysis and guidance which we hope you will find useful in respect to the ICSC Global Staff Survey.

With best regards,
Brett Fitzgerald
FICSA President

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13 June 2019 - Announcement FICSA Workshop for Staff representatives on negotiation skills (CTBTO Vienna, 16 and 17 September 2019)

The Federation of International Civil Servants' Associations (FICSA) is pleased to announce that it has organized, with the kind assistance of the Staff Association of CTBTO in Vienna a workshop on Negotiation skills.

This two-day workshop on negotiation skills will examine different negotiating styles and strategies and include sections on preparation for negotiations and managing agreements after negotiations have been concluded.  For more details please follow this link

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  1. 17 June 2019 - FICSA Workshop on General Service Salary survey methodology II (non-headquarters duty stations) (PAHO Office, Brazil, 3 to 7 June 2019)
  2. 11 June 2019 - FICSA Workshop on General Service Salary survey Methodology II (WHO/WPRO Manila, 3 to 7 June 2019)
  3. 23 May 2019 - FICSA Comm 1/19/FR - Décisions stratégiques et changements concernant la réduction des cotisations d’adhésion
  4. 23 May 2019 - FICSA Comm 2/19/FR - Procès exceptionnel -S’attaquer au harcèlement moral dans le secteur public
  5. 20 May 2019 - FICSA Comm 2/19 - A case study - Addressing moral harassment & mental health in the public sector