Contract Negotiations Report

The purpose of the special general meeting held February 11, 1985, was to report to PAFSO members the the results of a comprehensive questionnaire on the FS contract sent by PAFSO to all our colleagues, both in Canada and abroad, to inform…
The EX/FS Conversion

On October 26, 1984, members of PAFSO Executive met with External Affairs officials to discuss the arrangements made with Treasury Board regarding the EX/FS conversion exercise.
Internal Policy on Appeals and Grievances

PAFSO Executive Committee has made the following decisions with regards to internal policy on membership’s representation:
Je me souviens

L’année 1971 a produit une récolte d’une cinquantaine de jeunes diplomates canadiens d’un cru plutôt exceptionnel, si vous me le permettez, mûri dans le riche ferment des années soixante, vivifié par les tourmentes de 1968 — les barricades à Paris, les universités…
Mot du directeur exécutif

A compter du 16 mars 1982 et suite à l’application de la clause 8.03 (augmentation salariale négociée), l’employé de niveau FS-1, 2 ou 3 reçoit une augmentation de:
That Was The Year That Was

The arrival of Fall brings with it an almost complete rotation of the PAFSO Executive. The vagaries of rotationality will be bringing you a new President, Vice-President and Treasurer: all in all, eight new members will have been added to the Executive,…
From Our Treasurer . . .

It is difficult for any treasurer to have to advise members that their fees are going to have to be raised, even more so when the increase will be 77% in a world of 6% and 5%. However, there has not been…
$50.00 Book Prize To Be Won

This is the second edition of the expanded PAFSO Newsletter introduced for the first time last June. The reaction to our first edition has been positive and we intend to continue along similar lines with future issues of the Bout de papier.
Dear Member // Chers membres

Whether in Ottawa or filling an assignment elsewhere, you are doubtless aware of the announced plans of the Government of Canada to meet the economic problems presently battering this country. As a companion to various other measures of economic policy the government…
Report of the PAFSO Bargaining Team // Rapport du comité de négociation de l’APASE

Starting in mid February PAFSO met with Treasury Board four times and reached agreement with the employer on a new one-year contract effective March 15, 1981. At the beginning of the process PAFSO tabled a package containing inter alia the following demands: