Author: New Wood staff union
Email: newwood98@hotmail.com
Published: 2005-04-30
After years of union efforts, it seems that finally the UN may address the basic questions in its relations with staff. A report by the Joint Inspection Unit (not yet available in all official languages) states the basic principle of New Wood, as follows:
"Recommendation 5
The General Assembly should request the Secretary-General to present to it for its approval, an appropriate staff regulation confirming the recognition of the right of the United Nations staff to collective bargaining as outlined in the annex of its resolution 128 (II). The Secretary-General and the Executive Heads of the separately administered organs and programmes should apply to the staff of their respective entities the standards and principles emerging from the relevant ILO instruments, particularly the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)."
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Author: New Wood staff union
Email: newwood98@hotmail.com
Published: 2012-03-13
Following a vigorous campaign with several new members joining the NW list, 2 candidates were elected to the staff Coordinating Council. New Wood also secured the Council vice-president post at its first meeting.
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Author: New Wood staff union
Email: newwood98@hotmail.com
Published: 2012-02-20
The large cube-like building which houses the World Health Organization (WHO) looks immutable in the blazing sun of July. However, the institution is faltering. For 2010 and 2011, its estimated budget of between $3.7 to 3.9 billion has a hole of $600 million. [...]Some 350 positions,of the 2,370 at Geneva headquarters, will be gone by the end of [2011]. "If the dollar declines any more, this could affect up to 500 people," says Lahouari Belgharbi, the head of the association of WHO staff.
-- From the 13 July 2011 issue of Geneva weekly L'Hebdo. .... See further information attached ...
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