This Saturday is the UN’s 75th birthday, and despite these difficult times, a moment to celebrate how our work at the organization has helped improve the world. So Happy Birthday to each and every one of you! In order to celebrate this together we are organizing a number of events: 75 Days, 75 ways the…
Cultivate your garden | Cultivez votre jardin
We would like to remind you that the UNOG Gardening Club, created in the Spring of 2019, is alive and well. Quarantine was lifted just in time for members to be able to access the plot and to plant and enjoy many delicious crops, including tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes, squash, potatoes, beans, and even artichokes. Our…
Update on the UN’s Uber-style contracts | Informations mises à jour sur l’ubérisation à l’ONU !
You will recall that we recently revealed how management had drafted shock plans to end long-established, secure standards of employment for UN staff, in the form of ‘agile’ contracts. We’d like to give you more information about this, why we strongly oppose these proposals, and what happens next. Management’s plans were set out in the…
UNOG staff helping the Geneva local community | Le personnel de l’ONUG aide la communauté locale à Genève
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, many of you have contacted us to enquire about actions in solidarity with the local Geneva community. To this end, in the beginning of May, the Staff Coordinating Council organized a collection to raise funds for the Association genevoise Partage, the main food bank in the Canton of…
The October issue of UN Today is now out | Le numéro d’octobre du UN Today est désormais disponible
The UN 75 anniversary October issue of UN Today, Geneva’s staff magazine, is now out. Highlights this month include: • Whether the UN and multilateralism have a future, and prospects for Geneva. • A look back on the role of women at the UN. • The difficulties posed by unpaid internships. • Memories of a staff member who started his career at the Nuremberg trials.
UN plans to make you a ‘gig’ worker with Uber style contracts | L’ONU prévoit de vous précariser avec des contrats de type Uber
We are contacting you today because we have been made aware of an extremely worrying development concerning the future of UN staff contracts. It seems UN management are bringing forward plans that, if implemented, will rip up long-established, secure standards of employment and replace them with a model that follows much of the ethos and…
Play an active role in the protection of your staff rights and welfare | Jouez un rôle actif dans la protection des droits et du bien-être du personnel
The Staff Coordinating Council – the union for all staff at UNOG (which includes UNCTAD, ECE, OHCHR, OCHA, UNDRR, UNRISD, and other Secretariat staff in Geneva) – calls on all staff to play an active role in the protection of your staff rights and improvement of welfare initiatives. You can visit our website to find…
Equal pay day | Journée de l’égalité salariale
Today is UN International Equal Pay Day. This is a notable moment in the ongoing campaign to end discrimination and the Staff Coordinating Council fully supports this event. As a union representing UNOG staff, we are all too familiar with the constant battle for fairness and justice at work. It is a thread that runs…
UNOG Badminton Club | Club de badminton de l’ONUG
The UNOG Badminton Club offers all UN staff members the opportunity to play badminton in a friendly and fun environment, close to the Palais des Nations. Club members play every Tuesday (from 18:30 to 22:00) and Thursday (from 18:00 to 20:00) at the Collège Sismondi during the school year, from September to June (click here)….
Main conclusions from the Townhall on the liquidity crisis | Conclusions de la réunion générale sur la crise des liquidités
Following our request, a global townhall took place last Wednesday regarding the Regular Budget liquidity crisis and the resulting hiring freeze. This townhall, for which a recording will soon be made available, was a useful complement to the information provided at the April townhall on the same topic (click here). For those of you who…