The ILO
GB, with the support of the Workers Group (a move that is very hard to
comprehend),
just adopted a decision to implement the pay cut decided by
the UN International Civil Service
Commission in 2017, based in a
defective methodology that established that salaries of UN staff
in Geneva
should be reduced by 7.5%, a decision that was taken without consulting with
the UN
staff representatives.
In a
surrealist scenario, the Employers’ Group opposed the implementation of the pay
cut,
acknowledging that a defective methodology could not be accepted to
implement a pay cut - a
position that was widely recognized and
appreciated by the ILO staff.
The ILO staff agreed to go on strike during an extraordinary
meeting held soon after the decision was known. The strike is taking place
tomorrow and there will be a picket line preventing access to the ILO
building
