bout de papier, Volume 6, Issue No. 3, 1988
“Post-Mortem” Interview with PAFSO President Tim Edwards
dent de VAPASE, Tim Edwards, s’est déroulée en anglais et, par Note de la rédaction : l’interview de bout de papier avec le prési langue que nous la reproduisons ici. Merci de votre compréhensouci d’espace, d’économie et d’autres contraintes, c’est dans cette…
The Foreign Service Strikes for Equal Pay
In mid-March, the 1,350 members of the Foreign Service occupational group voted 82% in favour of job action to bolster our position at the bargaining table. Nearly 75% of members cast a ballot. This follows a year and a half of contract…
The President’s Comments
bout is PAFSO’s premier publication, providing an outlet for issues of concern and interest to Foreign Service officers — the ESs. So when it was proposed that 1, as President, write an occasional column — this being the first example — I…
Editorial // Éditorial
s this issue of bout de papier goes to press, a tentative settlement has been reached in the labour dispute between the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers and Treasury Board. This follows a month of job action by PAFSO members. In…
Letter from RHOMA
Dear Prime Minister,
At the Crossroads / À la croisée des chemins
bout de papier readers may well have seen recent media coverage of the Foreign Service contract impasse and wondered what it is really all about.
PS Survey Data Show Significant Dissatisfaction
Many public service employees were left shaking their heads on November 10, 1999 when they saw the headline on the results of the public service employee survey: “Public servants love their jobs.” The comments of Peter Harder, Secretary of the Treasury Board,…
Sexual Orientation and the Public Service: The Changing Workplace
While the extension of basic human rights to gays and lesbians has certainly been a very slow process, there have been some significant legislative advancements made over the last 5-10 years. But changing the mentality of intolerant people may be the hardest…
Lyon Weidman
Lyon Weidman, a former departmental officer, died in Ottawa on July 13, 1996 at the age of 62.
