The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) said that in wake of Treasury Board President Tony Clement's (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) refusal on July 26 to enter into binding arbitration to resolve its labour dispute with the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, PAFSO filed a bad-faith bargaining complaint against the Government of Canada with … Read more
Tim Edwards, president of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO), issued a statement. "In light of the severe and mounting impacts of job action by Canada's Foreign Service on our country's tourism, education, air transport, and agriculture sectors – to say nothing of the effects which delays in visa and immigrant processing are … Read more
Canada's Foreign Service Officers are stepping up pressure on the federal government to engage meaningfully in contract negotiations. The June 11 information picket at the Lester B. Pearson building in Ottawa follows staged, mass walk-outs in the capital and at 13 key posts around the world, with the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers members … Read more
