The United Nations Field Staff Union is very pleased that our sister union, United Nations Staff Union, New York (UNSU-NY) has joined our federation, #UNISERV. We look forward to working together closely for the benefit of all our constituencies. #UNFSU #stongertogether uniserv-federation.com/2021/04/22/welcome-to-unsu-ny/
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 »
The attached is another historical document that describes how a study was carried out to properly classify Field Service Category posts.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
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 »
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 …
On the 12th April a long time ago in a country far, far away a young man named Mark Polane was born. Please join me in wishing him a very happy birthday. As the sitting president of the UNFSU I believe he should be in lights and not be able to hide his special day, …
We were very pleased today to be able to personally hand the UNFSU Long Service Medal and Certificate to Mr. Martin Peace. Mr. Martin Peace has retired on 31 March 2021 after a long (more than 30 years) and distinguished career in the United Nations. His last mission was UNISFA where he was on assignment …
Long Service Medal and award for Mr. Martin Peace Read More »
