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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…

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…