1.1 Defend and promote
the interests and working conditions of all ILO
staff. Special attention to be paid to preserving
and promoting staff rights to proper health insurance,
and to issues related to occupational safety and
health.
1.2 Ensure the effective
implementation of signed collective agreements,
with particular emphasis on the field; finalize
the collective agreements in the pipeline; continue
and conclude negotiations with the Administration
on proposed amendments to the Statute of the ILO
Administrative Tribunal.
1.3 Search for acceptable
solutions(1) regarding
the situation of colleagues employed under precarious
condition, with a view to the eradication of these
practices.
1.4 Set up a Union
working group to monitor the situation of former
ILO officials in certain duty stations, who are
suffering the consequences of improper employment
terms and conditions.
1.5 Identify issues
of common interest between staff and management.
1.6 Improve communications
between staff and Staff Union Committee, in close
collaboration with shop stewards and Union representatives
in the field.
1.7 Organize a membership
drive.
2.1 Ensure that the
principles embodied in international labour standards
(especially those concerning freedom of association
and the right to collective bargaining), in the
ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights
at Work and in other relevant international instruments
are extended to all staff, both at headquarters
and in the field.
2.2
Defend the principles of the international civil
service, notably through transparent and objective
recruitment and selection procedures and the independence
of international civil servants, based on employment
security, fair internal procedures and career development.
2.3 Maintain
or establish contacts with staff unions and associations
in other international organizations with a view
to collaboration and/or affiliation with international
trade union organizations.
2.4 Train Staff
Union representatives, both at headquarters and
in the field, to be able to better fulfil their
roles and responsibilities.
