Asleep at the Wheel
More crucially, they fooled themselves through a tragic misunderstanding of the issues… and a misguided faith in the prowess of their own diplomacy.
PAFSO News
Jon Fried, PAFSO’s negotiator, exchanged PAFSO’s contract proposals with the Treasury Board negotiator. PAFSO’s proposals range from pay demands to the inclusion of a grievance procedure in the Foreign Service collective agreement.
Editor’s Notebook
Sound the trumpet, beat the drum. Led by Jon Fried, the negotiations committee is ready for battle. The team, which includes François Laberge and Daryl Copeland (Framework), David Edwards and Cécile Latour (Leave), Rodney Briggs and Rob Brocklebank (Pay) and Jon Allen…
PAFSO Elections
On October 2, PAFSO counted the ballots for its first-ever election for its Board of Directors. There were 21 candidates for the 15 positions. (Results below) At its first meeting, the new Executive asked Len Mader to continue as President (he had…
PAFSO News // Nouvelles de l’APASE
Depuis la signature de la convention collective des agents du service extérieur le 4 novembre 1985, les agents du sexe féminin peuvent se prévaloir d’une clause de congé de maternité. Plusieurs options leur sont offertes en vertu de l’article 14.05 de a…
Letter From Our President
As if putting on the storm windows and making the garage fit to hold the car again weren’t enough, the foreign service family faces another seasonal task in late autumn. The formerly spontaneous realization that another posting wouldn’t be a bad thing…
Editor’s Notebook
The new executive is elected and representative of all streams and levels. There is a healthy infusion of new blood. Fears that the election would result in an Executive without balanced representation were proven groundless. All of which shows that Bernard Shaw…
Decision
In his grievance, Colin Robertson, an employee in the Department of External Affairs, claims that the employer violated clause 8.04 of the collective agreement between the Treasury Board and the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (Code 312/85) by increasing his salary.…
Performance Pay Upon Promotion
par Christine Manseau
Department Personnel Officials Meet PAFSO
Members of the PAFSO executive met with representatives of Personnel April 8 to discuss issues pertaining to the shape, size, and role of the service, career development, the health of the service and contract follow-up’s.
