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01 October 2013 REMINDER - PAFSO Annual General Meeting, Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 4:00 p.m., Ottawa Convention Centre, Room 214, 55 Colonel By Drive.

26 September 2013 The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Treasury Board of Canada to end our six-month labour dispute. “PAFSO is satisfied with this deal,” said…

16 September 2013 The PAFSO Professional Committee is pleased to announce its next Breakfast Seminar Wednesday, September 18, 2013 8:30 a.m. Volcano Rising – An Ambassador's Diary - John Kneale speaks about his new book on the challenges of service…

The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) deeply regrets the Government of Canada’s decision to file an appeal today with the Federal Court and challenge a ruling that it negotiated in bad faith with its own employees. PAFSO again…

In the wake of today’s ruling by the Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB) that the Government of Canada violated its duty to bargain in good faith in its dealings with the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, PAFSO is…

As Canada’s Foreign Service officer strike enters its sixth month and the damage to the Canadian economy continues to mount, the Government of Canada has reached settlements in recent weeks with two other public service unions by offering them wage…

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…