April 2021

Recommendation for Meeting Guidance from UNGSC – Work Smarter not Harder

Dear Colleagues and Friends, We received the below from our UNGSC FSU Committee, with some great tips on working Smarter, in particular in the era of remote work and constant back-to-back zoom or MsTeams Meetings, the advice provided below including the scientific evidence makes good sense! Promotional posters can be used at your discretion. Greetings

Recommendation for Meeting Guidance from UNGSC – Work Smarter not Harder Read More »

Historical FSSU/FSU Archives – 1979 Classification Study for Field Service Category

The attached is another historical document that describes how a study was carried out to properly classify Field Service Category posts. Again, so many parallels with recent events that saw the proper classification of all posts in peacekeeping missions’. History repeating, over and over. Best regards, Mark 1979_ClassificationStudy_FieldServiceCategory.pdf

Historical FSSU/FSU Archives – 1979 Classification Study for Field Service Category Read More »

1979 Staff Unions’ report to the UN’s 5th Committee on Personnel issues!

Hello all, Attached is another “gem” I found unpacking historical archives of the Field Service Staff Union, later to become the FSU. This is a joint Unions/Associations’ report from 1979 prior to the establishment of SMCC in 1980. It’s a bit lengthy, but reading through this, you can’t help but realize how we appear to

1979 Staff Unions’ report to the UN’s 5th Committee on Personnel issues! Read More »

Report of Pre-SMCC Staff Management Meeting where the establishment of SMCC was discussed.

I have finally opened up old boxes with FSSU/FSU archives that I had shipped from UNTSO HQ to UNLB at the end of my second term as President of FSSU/FSU in 2003, they had been shipped to Mr. Ronald Hall who was the then FSSU President and the first FSSU President to take office in

Report of Pre-SMCC Staff Management Meeting where the establishment of SMCC was discussed. Read More »

Scroll to Top