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One day ahead of its bad-faith bargaining complaint before the Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB), members of Canada’s Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) will hold a mass rally on Tuesday, August 20 from 11:30 to 13:00 outside…

In the wake of Treasury Board President Tony Clement’s refusal on July 26 to enter into binding arbitration to resolve its labour dispute with the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, PAFSO this morning filed a bad-faith bargaining complaint against…

30 July 2013 In their 18th week of job action, Canadian Foreign Service Officers in Ottawa will hold a mass picket outside the Prime Minister’s Office (Langevin Block) at 80 Wellington Street on Tuesday, July 30th from 11:30am to 1:30pm…

26 July 2013 Shortly before noon today, PAFSO received a letter from the President of the Treasury Board in which he rejected our offer of binding arbitration. Minister Clement’s decision was based on the grounds that PAFSO would not accept…

24 July 2013 This morning, PAFSO sent a letter to the President of the Treasury Board. The correspondence addresses the conditions which the Government is seeking to attach to its acceptance of binding arbitration. While we would have preferred to…

23 July 2013 Shortly before today’s noon deadline, PAFSO received a letter from the President of the Treasury Board responding to our offer of binding arbitration. As he has stated publicly, Minister Clement has agreed to PAFSO’s offer of binding…

22 July 2013 AGM - NEW LOCATION OTTAWA CONVENTION CENTRE ROOM 214 55 COLONEL BY DRIVE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013 4:00 P.M. Letter of Nomination Form 2013 N O T I C E PAFSO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SKELTON LOBBY/CADIEUX AUDITORIUM…

18 July 2013 Tim Edwards, President of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO), issued the following statement on July 18, 2013 in Ottawa: “In light of the severe and mounting impacts of job action by Canada’s Foreign Service…

25 June 2013 Members of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) will hold a picket on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. in front of the Prime Minister’s office at the Langevin Block, on Wellington…

20 June 2013 As part of ongoing job action to bring Treasury Board back to the negotiating table to address wage inequities, Canada’s Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) announced ‘information pickets’ to be held Thursday, June 20th in…