UNITED
NATIONS, May 3
-- In the wake
of the May Day
protest by UN
staff
against
working
conditions and
"forced
relocations,"
Inner
City Press has
obtained and
is exclusively
publishing a
UN memo
bragging about
"abolishing"
99 jobs in
Publishing.
Click here.
In
a session in
which other
departments
also bragged
of cost
cutting and
job cuts, the
Department of
General
Assembly and
Conference
Management
recounted that
Hurricane
Sandy allowed
it to drive
the
final nail
into
Publishing,
vacating the
third sub
basement and
leaving those
who worked
there without
posts.
While
all 39 "Trades
and Crafts"
jobs, and 60
General
Services
positions, are
to be
abolished, the
number of
higher paid
Professionals
actually goes
up. This is
Ban Ki-moon's
UN.
Ironically,
DGACM
lists under
"What We're
Doing Well"
the purported
"frequent
communications
between
management and
staff."
Then,
under "Next
Steps," it
urges to "be
prepared for
any possible
UNDT cases
(assemble good
records)."
UNDT is the UN
Dispute
Tribunal,
where cases
have already
been filed.
Did the UN
"assemble good
records" to
defend its
abolition of
posts?
Of
most concern
to DGACM,
according to
the memo, was
and is "staff
being
intimidated by
a small (?)
group of
outspoken
staff."
That
would the
staff members
who proposed
the "no
confidence"
resolution as
to Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
leadership,
which
passed
overwhelmingly.
Rather
than learn any
lesson from
that vote --
for example,
don't in
response to a
Press question
call those who
work for you
"selfish,"
as Ban
characterized
those staff in
New York who
oppose his
mobility
proposal --
management
blames it on a
"small (?)
group of
outspoken
staff."
And
you know, on
World Press
Freedom Day,
the UN doesn't
like those who
are
"outspoken."
We will be
publishing
another memo
soon.
Watch this
site.
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