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1. une de ces jeu nesses m le ou femelle Pendant que vous go terez un repos bien m rit sur une plage bond e elle envahira votre territoire tapotera de ses ongles douteux ou trop manucur s sur votre clavier galvaudera tous les vents votre num ro de t l phone personnel utilisera vos crayons et puisera votre r serve de Post it Elle d r glera votre chaise adoptera votre cintre pr f r noiera votre h m rocallis moins qu elle ne la laisse mourir de soif d placera la photo du petit dernier et un mois durant tr nera votre place rempla ant avantageusement de son frais minois votre visage fatigu par une ann e de dur labeur A votre retour vous devrez r organiser le mat riel net toyer le sous main faire le plein de Stabilos entrer dans l ordinateur infid le votre user ID qu il feindra de ne pas reconna tre Sans parler du magn tiseur qu il faudra faire venir grands frais pour nettoyer les ondes forc ment mauvaises Pour un peu a vous g cherait la station baln aire Je vous le dis comme je le pense SARN K el La sagesse africaine Conte haoussa Ce jour est le tien Voici l histoire de quatre hommes On ne cessait de com parer leurs exploits Il y avait le roi des pisteurs le roi des couteurs le roi du lancer et le roi du lasso Un jour on vint leur dire qu une des vaches du roi avait disparu De plus elle avait disparu depuis longtemps On alla trouver le roi d2. hos pitals and the daily dose of syrup of figs But the regular geddit listings the ILO publishes are always a useful guide to who s in and who s out who s hot and whos not This magazines cautious Editors have forbidden all refer ence to the staff movements list of 23 May besides even during a World Cup it would be quite unlike this column to kick a man when he s down So consider instead this one from 30 March As of 12 Nov 01 it says an F who is BR has moved To G6 SAFEWORK But where did she move from Other officials are shown as going from HRD or IPEC or ED EMP But for her the sole indication given is From dot dot dot Was she involved in some top secret activity possibly involving David Morse These are the jokes folks try to keep up Inquiries reveal she had in fact been working for another DG s former head of CABI NET He retired in November but even now must appar ently remain nameless Isn t this just a little tacky e Definition of career from Collins English Dictio nary Rush in an uncontrolled way Yes it pays to increase your word power especially in the ILO e Here s a riddle Almaty s favourite breakfast reading the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda calls it worthy labour In a bril liant new book an ILO colleague calls it dignified work The Ombudsperson s very first report found it was singu larly lacking in one unit thus compromising another ILO colleague
3. policy level in an integrated way so that the energy invested to deal with one problem starts to cor rect other problems at the same time Participants of the Turin pilot course have returned home without certification Certificates will be awarded only after they successfully trans form their plans into action in their home context itcilo it english bureau turin whatisnew turin_info til0_pdf_file s art 2006 pdf ILO COMMent We suggest wording the certificate as fol lows Mr Ms X has Reached the Bottom of the Iceberg in the Home Context International Labor Organization for our Social Develop ment Mission of International Organization of Labor headed by the director of Moscow Bureau Pauline Burret Raid visited Astana There was held also a seminar On Condition and Out looks for Cooperation between Kazakhstan and ILO for Devel opment of Social Sphere There were discussed current ques tions on introduction of a many sided project Worthy Labor which will be realized in our country Beside specialists of the organization got known the problems at the social protection sphere which can be settled with their assistance Program of cooperation of Kazakhstan and ILO was intensified after adjust ment of the national legislation to international norms at labor sphere Kazakhstanskaya Pravda www kazpravda kz 12 April 2002 ILO COMMent Decent work HRD Vacancy Announcements Technicien sup rieur en Audi
4. D and Shop With Us Often Hundreds of stores Thousands of Products To Choose From Webmasters Click Here For Money Making Opportunities ILO COMMent Didn t know one could order grievances and harassment online Fire prevention Pr vention incendie Il est crit noir sur blanc qu il n existe aucune mesure de pr vention ad quate contre Pincendie dans ce b timent Je m empresse de contester le contenu de cet article qui est totalement faux et contraire a la r alit Moyens de pr vention et d intervention 1488 d tecteurs 480 extincteurs 93 robinets d incendie arm s 34 exercices d vacuation 14 gardes et 6 sapeurs auxiliaires pour assurer la s curit de ce grand et beau b timent INTER USER Broadcast 4 8 02 What kind of Occupational Safety and Health does the ILO practice itself The ILO Staff Union has noted a User Broadcast from the administration about Fire issues some four months after the fire incident at headquarters following an earlier User Broadcast which advised us all that we should see the Medical Service if we encountered a health problem as a result of the fire Major concerns are OSH POLICY No known policy in place OSH RESOURCES Major lack of resources at present OSH MANAGEMENT Divided and uncoordinated responsibil ities between HRD INTER Medical Service SYNDICAT USER Broadcast 4 29 02 ILO COMMent No comment 15 Union 320 Juin 2002 Youth globalizati
5. Juin 2002 Plus ca change Bulletin du Syndicat Staff Union Bulletin del Sindicato e They call this human resources development e Liberez les otages e Un clap pour le souvenir e Why should youth care e ILO Diary e Et vos rubriques habituelles EDITORIAL They call this human resources development So the ILO s worst kept secret is finally out the Director of HRD has been replaced We hold no brief for the outgoing Director But we find this change and especially the manner in which it has been carried out to be nothing short of scandalous Think back three short years to March 1999 In his first address to ILO staff gathered in the Governing Body room at headquarters the new DG made a series of pledges One of these was that since the management of the Office s human resources was too important to be left in the hands of ama teurs it would from now on be entrusted to specialists This was gratuitously insulting to those who held the reins of what we all used to call Personnel many of whom were present in the room at the time But it was also undeniably encouraging for the rest of us well aware of the need for a more professional approach It soon became common knowledge that the DG had identified the person he wanted a representative of the Employers Group who was playing hard to get Having his own successful consultancy business we heard he had no interest in becom ing an internati
6. ant certaines organisations ont les pieds sur terre Je pense aux conseils pratiques de la Cnuced sur les normes sanitaires pour l exportation ou l application des normes sociales de Organisation internationale du Travail Il est vrai que nous nous sommes appuy s essentiellement sur les rapports annuels et qu il y a effectivement des pro ductions plus concr tes Mais regardez le dernier rapport du Programme des Nations unies pour le d veloppement inti tul Mettre les nouvelles technologies au service du d ve loppement humain Or lPid ologie de la communication est vieille comme le monde D ja avec le t l graphe la radio la t l vision on a pr dit que la communication et la multiplication des changes favoriseraient la paix et la com pr hension Ce genre d tudes oublie que tout s inscrit dans des rapports sociaux On pr fere extraire une probl ma tique de son contexte et r ver L homme des cavernes qui a cr le premier silex biface aurait aussi pu pondre un rap port sur sa contribution au d veloppement N est il pas trange que ces rapports soient n goci s a la vir gule pres alors qu ils sont selon vous vides Chaque mot compte pour distiller la pens e dominante Il faut aussi prendre garde de n gratigner personne puisque tout le monde doit s y retrouver Mais ce n est qu un simu lacre de texte constituant C est un sous produit r sultat d un consensus mou Ce qui me frappe aussi c est l absenc
7. ard de ceux qui tenaient l poque les r nes de ce que nous appelions alors le D partement du Personnel d autant plus que beaucoup d entre eux taient pr sents ce jour l dans la salle Mais elle tait aussi il faut l avouer bien encourageante pour le reste des coll gues parfaitement conscients de la n cessit d une approche plus professionnelle Il fut bient t de notori t publique que le DG avait identifi la perle rare un repr sentant du Groupe des Employeurs mais bien difficile convaincre En effet disposant de sa propre entreprise lucrative de consultants il n avait para t il aucun int r t devenir un bureaucrate international Mais le DG ne l entendait pas de cette oreille et tait para t il pr t d placer des montagnes pour obtenir cet Homme Les montagnes furent apparemment d plac es puisque Hom me enfin se d cida et PERS devint HRD Ce fut le temps du Changement POIT devint la premi re orga nisation de la famille des Nations Unies reconna tre ses employ s le droit la n gociation collective Les repr sentants de la direction et du personnel partirent en retraite pendant des semaines pour s parer le bon grain de l ivraie et mettre sur pied les bases des nouvelles structures et proc dures et afin que tout cela prenne corps On a dit l poque que le Bureau des ser vices juridiques avait mis des doutes quant la l galit de cette entreprise dans le cadre du syst m
8. card l endroit o Pon vous parque tout en vous mon trant les escalators Ceux qui connaissent le nouveau un fonctionnaire de longue date vous diront que c est un homme int gre Nous sommes heureux de lentendre dire Mais ils confirment aussi qu il a bien peu de qualifications et d exp rience dans le domaine de la gestion du personnel Donc ce que l on nous disait hier est encore d actualit aujour d hui la gestion du Bureau des ressources humaines est une chose bien trop importante pour tre confi e a des non profes sionnels Elle doit revenir des sp cialistes Il nous arrive de penser que cet adage pourrait bien s appliquer galement len semble de la gestion du Bureau La confiance et la loyaut sont des qualit s que lon nous demande d avoir en tant que fonc tionnaires internationaux il ne parait pas incongru que nous y compris les directeurs de d partements puissions tre en droit d exiger la m me chose en retour Alors en fait apr s plus de trois ans de changements nous vous en proposons un vraiment r volutionnaire et si bon sang pour une fois on disait au personnel de cette maison ce qu il s y passe Nous le r p tons c est scandaleux Les r dacteurs M unionmag ilo org Union 320 Juin 2002 ax fat _ Coin du Comit Fonctionnaires en situation pr caire Rechercher des solutions acceptables pour la situation des collegues employ s dans des conditions pr caires e
9. coll gue 6 Dans la bonne marche de l entreprise j ai le senti ment que je compte que je suis utile 7 Je peux m exprimer ce que je pense de l importance 8 Mes collaborateurs sont super motiv s ALORS Heureux Manager contre vents et mar es trad par S Rolland Ed du village mondial Femme actuelle mai 2002 17 Union 320 Juin 2002 Union 320 Juin 2002 Dans la presse Les organisations internationales abusent de la langue de coton Le Temps 24 avril 2002 Sous la direction de Gilbert Rist l Institut universitaire d tudes du d veloppement publie Gen ve un ouvrage d vastateur qui analyse la mani re de communiquer des ins titutions internationales Un monde meilleur pour tous c est le titre d sarmant d une brochure distribu e lors du Sommet social des Nations unies en juin 2000 Gen ve Peut on r sister aux sir nes d un intitul aussi bienveillant cens fournir un mode d emploi universel pour le bien tre sur notre plan te Les ONG Pont fait en le jetant ostensiblement la pou belle devant le Palais des Nations De nombreux autres exemples illustrent la d fiance que provoque r guli rement la prose des agences onusiennes de la Banque mondiale ou du Fonds mon taire international Pourtant rapports annuels tudes synth ses se suivent et se ressemblent L ouvrage est n de lagacement face la vacuit de la rh torique internationale et gestionnaire Ce
10. d be entrusted to specialists We happen to think that goes also for the management of the Office itself Qualities like trust and loyalty are expected of us as international civil servants all of us including departmental Directors have a right to expect our trust and loyalty to be returned Meanwhile after three years of changes we propose a truly rev olutionary one how about if just for once staff were told exactly what the hell is going on We say again it s scandalous The editors MM unionmag ilo org EDITORIAL C est ca qu ils appellent le d veloppe ment des ressources humaines Le secret le moins bien gard du BIT a finalement t r v l le directeur de HRD a t remplac Sachez que nous ne sommes en aucun cas la solde de ce der nier mais disons le franchement toute cette affaire et surtout la mani re dont elle a t conduite est parfaitement scandaleuse Si vous le voulez bien retournons trois petites ann es en arri re en mars 1999 Lors de son premier discours l attention du personnel rassembl dans la Salle du Conseil au Siege le nou veau DG avait lanc toute une s rie de plaidoyers Parmi ceux ci on pouvait entendre que la gestion des ressources humaines du BIT tait une affaire bien trop importante pour tre laiss e entre les mains d amateurs et qu elle serait d sormais confi e a des sp cialistes Cette petite phrase gratuite tait particulierement insultante a l g
11. e presque compl te de r el questionnement C est comme si on devait simplement affirmer sans se poser de questions Une sorte d autisme Il serait pourtant beaucoup plus riche de pr senter et soupeser toutes les approches possibles devant une question Vos critiques acad miques peuvent elles tre entendues dans l univers onusien Je me demande si les fonctionnaires onusiens lisent encore Il est vrai que notre collaboration est difficile Mais j esp re que le nouveau R seau universitaire international de Gen ve qui permet au monde acad mique et aux organisations internationales de mener des recherches communes sera une passerelle Fabrice Boul MM e Les mots du pouvoir sens et non sens de la rh torique inter nationale sous la direction de Gilbert Rist Nouveaux cahiers AE PUR Coll Enjeux 2002 Union presses Coke on labor standards New York Times 18 April 2002 NEW YORK Accusing Coca Cola Co of closing its eyes to the intimidation torture and assassination of union workers who bottle its drinks the Teamsters union has demanded that the company adopt and enforce strict labor standards for the manufacture of its products around the world Standing beside a car sized inflatable rat draped with the Coca Cola logo in New York City James Hoffa the Team sters president on Wednesday accused the company of standing by and abdicating responsibility for the murder of eight union leaders who had organized worke
12. e autre tournure C tait mainte nant le DG qui ne voulait plus de son directeur Le pros lytisme concernant le brillant exemple du BIT n tait plus de rigueur au sein des instances onusiennes Les choses taient apparemment all es trop rapidement et trop loin Le ma tre mot tait d sor mais con so li da tion Vous allez voir disait radio moquette le directeur en question sera parti la fin du mois ou du prochain ou celui d apr s A force d entendre ce discours la rumeur devint une vidence pour tous il partait Notre interview ne fut jamais publi e par peur d tre compl tement d pass e par les v nements une fois Particle sous presse Et cependant toujours aucun acquies cement officiel de la part des hautes instances Nous interrogeames rassurez vous de mani re strictement confidentielle nos sources HRD tait ce vrai Que se pas sait il donc Ils men savaient tonnamment pas plus que nous Ce n est que vers fin mai que les coll gues d HRD furent finale ment officiellement avertis d un changement la t te de leur D partement Il ne fallait certes pas tre Einstein pour le com prendre puisque le successeur avait d j pris possession des lieux dans un autre bureau tout de m me et que l ancien n tait d j plus autoris signer des documents ayant des implications financi res Et devinez quoi Il fut nomm Conseiller sp cial le traditionnel quivalent BIT du bon pour le pla
13. e commun mais que le DG avait pass outre ces conseils et pr f r couter son nou veau directeur On a aussi dit que le m me DG lors de r unions avec ses pairs des autres organisations de la grande famille les avait encourag s suivre sans d lai l exemple du BIT il para t le croirez vous qu ils ren claient un peu Et puis quelque part au milieu de l ann e pass e le vent com menca a tourner La premi re rumeur disait que c tait le direc teur lui m me qui voulait partir On a dit aussi qu il tait m content parce que HRD n avait pas des ressources financi res cu Q 5 cu O cu EN Editorial Board Comit de r daction Mike Gautrey Editor in Chief R dacteur en chef Cathe rine Comte Tiberghien R dactrice adjointe Deputy Editor Wisler Fr d ric Marcos Hurtado John Myers Simar Proust Patrick Suthimai Maria Pilar Vela Neves da Silva Nadia Skalli Berny Staff Union Committee Comit du Syndicat Ivan Elsmark Former Officials Section Section des anciens fonc tionnaires Robert Defour Constantin Pinto de Magalhaes honorary members membres honoraires Mail Courrier Union bureau 6 28 unionmag ilo org Union est Porgane officiel du Syndicat du personnel du BIT ns par le Comit du Syndicat avec la collaboration dun omit de r daction Les articles sign s engagent uniquement leurs auteurs et ne refl tent pas n cessairement les opinions du Comit d
14. eed to ask themselves this question and in consulta tion with civil society engage young people in imagining a bet ter future The current debates on globalization and sustainable development have youth at their core The postmodern identity crisis will only be resolved by becoming more conscious of this reality Sonia Smith MM 1 The panel was convened by Youth Cares International Youth Net work and was held on Wednesday 22 May 2002 in the ILO building Youth Cares convenes debates on topical international issues The pre vious symposium held in December was on Youth and Human Secu rity Beyond September 11 The theme of the next event will be Com municating for Democracy which will explore issues related to ICT propaganda crisis and development All transcripts are available at www youthcares fr st Dans la presse LES HUIT POINTS QUI NOUS RENDENT HEUREUX AU TRAVAIL Gallup Organization g ant am ricain du sondage et de l tude des comportements a pos la question simple pr s de 1 million de salari s et 80 000 managers qu est ce qui rend un salari heureux Voici les huit cl s du bonheur 1 Je sais ce qu on attend de moi 2 Je fais chaque jour ce que je sais faire j exploite mes points forts 3 On me f cilite souvent sur ma facon de travailler on remarque mes initiatives 4 Jai la possibilit d apprendre et d voluer sur le plan professionnel et personnel 5 Jai un v ritable ami comme
15. el was won by Patricia Isimat Mirin The watch donated by UBS went to Isaac Obadia The lucky winners of Eurest vouchers were Brigitte Pillonel Alvarez and Willi Momm And Victor Jimenez Sanchez won a UBS sports bag Thanks to all who helped make the day a success and especially to Johanna van Rijn without whom none of it would have been possible It s never too late to join the SUAF You never know when you might need it yourself To sign up online go to http mirror public english staffun saf index htm MG Ml Union 320 Juin 2002 g Pourquoi les fonctionnaires ne sont ils pas heureux Episode XV C est officiel Pacces au bar du R3 Sud est d sormais refus au commun des mortels pour un mois et pour cause de conf rence ca sent la derni re ligne droite avant les vacances Avec la p riode estivale recommencera le d fil des sta giaires de tous acabit et provenance affect s ici et la a des projets de moindre envergure comme l amortisse ment de la photocopieuse et dont la pr sence se r v le parfois pr judiciable au bon d roulement du service fai sant chanter aux oreilles de certain e s le doux refrain des amours de vacances Mais l n est pas le sujet nous aborderons la chose du point de vue logistique Car cette ann e encore on a engag trop de ces petites fleurs d t et mon dieu o va t on les mettre Eh bien devinez quoi c est votre poste de travail qu on a lu pour installer l
16. employ s au si ge ou sur le terrain qui consid rent que leur situation correspond a des conditions demploi pr caire et qui n auraient pas encore soumis leur cas au Comit du Syndicat sont encourag es a le faire des maintenant Il nous est difficile d agir en votre nom si nous ignorons votre situation Il est temps que POIT traduise ses paroles en actes et mette en ceuvre le travail d cent qu elle pr ne Comit du Syndicat B Rinc n del Comit El peligroso camino de la precariedad Entre las once reas clave de preocupaci n del Programa y Estrategia del Sindicato de la OIT para 2002 est la de buscar soluciones aceptables para resolver la situaci n de los colegas empleados en condiciones precarias con miras a erradicar sta pr ctica v ase Joint Newsletter N 5 17 de octubre de 2000 Si bien esta no es la nica cuesti n importante que ocupa actualmente al Comit del Sindicato es ciertamente aquella que le exige m s tiempo y atenci n en la sede Y sin embargo ste no es un problema que afecta nica mente a la sede En las oficinas exteriores mucha gente se encuentra en situaciones similares y algunos jefes en el terreno parecen ser mucho menos conscientes de sus obligaciones respecto de los funcionarios empleados mediante contratos precarios Sin duda alguna la pol tica declarada de la Oficina es la de resolver el problema del empleo precario de su perso nal Esta ha sido la voluntad manifestada en
17. es pisteurs et on lui dit ce jour est le tien On lui montra le piquet de la vache qui avait disparu depuis des ann es Il se mit suivre sa trace Quand la trace entrait dans l eau il la suivait dans l eau Quand elle quittait l eau et qu elle allait sur des rochers il la suivait Jusqu au moment o il arriva un certain endroit o il s arr ta et dit Ici partir d ici la vache est partie en Pair ou ailleurs mais partir d ici elle a arr t de marcher Alors on alla chercher le roi des couteurs et on lui dit ce jour est le tien Il vint l endroit o le roi des pisteurs s tait arr t posa son oreille par terre Puis il dit qu il entendait qu on trayait la vache au septi me ciel Alors on alla chercher le roi du lancer On lui dit ce jour est le tien Il arriva avec son b ton lancer prit son lan le lan a Le b ton partit dans le ciel o il trouva un homme en train de traire la vache La vache l homme qui la trayait et son veau qui t tait le b ton les fit tous tomber Alors on alla chercher le roi du lasso On lui dit ce jour est le tien Le roi du lasso lan a son lasso les attrapa et les ligota tous Question de ces quatre hommes lequel a fait la chose la plus tonnante NB Les Haoussa appartiennent l ensemble chamito s mitique et sont situ s principalement au Nord Ouest du Nig ria et au Sud du Niger Leurs activit s essentiellement co
18. ever been more visible Youth have been hugely successful in breaking away from mainstream media and creating alternative and independent forms of entertainment media and art In political terms it is a different story Postmodern youth have often been represented as apolitical It is widely observed that young people are reluctant to join trade unions or align themselves with political parties However tra ditional barometers fail to capture the breadth of skills or potential contribution of postmodern youth In fact youth are organizing themselves like never before and demonstrating remarkable diversity Using communication technologies the Internet and information networks they are forming interest groups joining NGOs and networking in non hierarchical ways that confound bureaucratic institutions These tendencies are buttressed by trends in the labour market that promote innovation flexibility and adaptability The same trends have jettisoned the security of a job for life left many young people with no alternatives and amplified their sense of exclusion These uneven features will have a great impact on the shape of globalization The postmodern question is not so much whether you are for or against globalization As long as peo ple continue to feel alienated the question will be posed in confrontational terms It is much more productive to ask What do you imagine globalization might become Policy makers n
19. fy ingly no expense has been spared Apart from the latest technology there are fine wood panelling and elegantly tiled bathrooms So the displaced asylum seekers of PUBL will have some compensation for those endless months in the Dickensian working conditions of R1 then Well no actu ally that new office accommodation is destined for DCOMM Even though there are fewer of them they will end up with twice the space while PUBL will somehow have to be squeezed into DCOMMS old offices Which will also be refurbished Don t hold your breath e From our Tall Orders department Internal Call for candidatures G6 OMBUDSPERSON 8 Ombudsperson Intake Assistant Competencies Demonstrated ability to be discrete Hmm we knew the Ombudsperson s office was to be scrupulously independent but isn t dis crete taking it a tad literally Ilote El Editors note Ilotes ramblings in no way reflect positions adopted by any Staff Union committee All contributions wel come Write in confidence to ilote2002 hotmail com 19 Union 320 Juin 2002
20. idelines as largely voluntary arguing that Coke rarely enforced them by cut ting off bottlers who had failed to live up to its standards But in recent months company officials countered Coke has begun scrutinizing companies that manufacture sodas in its name in hope of weeding out any objectionable labor practices No written code is enough it s just words on paper we know that said Deval Patrick the former head of the Justice Departments civil rights division who is now Coke s general counsel But we have taken the first steps and they are important ones Last July a Colombian union sued Coke in federal court in Miami accusing the company and its Latin American sub sidiaries of hiring paramilitary forces for the systematic intimidation kidnapping detention and murder of union workers in Colombia The lawsuit does not directly accuse Coke executives in the United States of being involved in the plot Instead the law suit charges that the actions took place with the advance knowledge acquiescence or subsequent ratification of em ployees in Colombia and its bottling partners whose busi ness exists solely at the pleasure of Coke Infuriated by the allegations Coke executives said that instead of protecting workers from further attacks the law suit might only give rise to more violence ILO DIARY 61 days embedded in the mainstream e The term staff movements always reminds llote of
21. indents no underlining as an email attachment or on diskette together with a hard paper copy Photographs should ee erably be black and white bromide prints or colour slides Originals should be supplied of all drawings Le magazine Union parait 10 fois par an avec 2 num ros doubles juillet ao t novembre d cembre Le Comit de r daction examinera toutes les propositions Les pseudonymes sont accept s a condition que le nom de l auteur soit commu niqu a la r daction information qui restera confidentielle Le d lai de soumission des contributions est le premier jour ouvrable de chaque mois l exception de juin et d octobre Lorsqu elles sont retenues les contributions seront publi es au plus t t dans le num ro du mois qui suit Les articles peu vent tre soumis en anglais francais ou espagnol La longueur des articles ne devrait pas exc der 1000 mots L original devrait si possible tre soumis sous format traitement de texte texte au kilom tre sans tabulation sans alin a sans soulignement en piece jointe de courrier lectronique ou dis quette accompagn e d une copie papier Les photographies sont les bienvenues de pr f rence en noir et blanc sous forme de bromure ou diapositives couleur Tous les dessins devront tre soumis sous leur forme originale La revista Union se publica 10 veces por a o con dos n meros dobles en julio agosto y noviembre diciembre El Comit de Redacci n examina tod
22. itaire le Bureau a accept la demande du Syndicat de repousser au 31 d cembre 2003 la date jusqu a laquelle les fonctionnaires pr caires pourront encore se porter candidat des concours sans tre soumis aux conditions de nationalit Mais cela ne suffit pas De fait des v nements r cents nous pr occupent beaucoup Il apparait que la situation pr caire actuelle ou pass e de certains fonctionnaires a entrain pour eux de graves discriminations et que seuls des efforts timides ont t faits pour r gulariser la situa tion des fonctionnaires qui r pondent aux besoins du Bureau Des fonctionnaires se trouvent dans une situa tion vraiment d sesp r e Qui plus est d autres person nes en situation pr caire n osent pas s adresser au D par tement du d veloppement des ressources humaines pour que celui ci les inscrive sur la liste officielle des pr caires En raison de la gravit de la situation le Comit du Syn dicat vient d crire au Directeur g n ral lui demandant a nouveau que le Bureau intervienne imm diatement pour e suspendre la d cision de mettre un terme aux contrats des membres du personnel qui ont r cemment recu leur pr avis de licenciement e prendre des mesures appropri es pour r gulariser tous les membres du personnel employ s dans le cadre de contrats pr caires dont les qualifications correspondent aux besoins du Bureau en facilitant la participation des pr caires aux concours su
23. los discursos del Director General as como en los documentos del Consejo de Administraci n y en las declaraciones del Departamento de Desarrollo de Recursos Humanos El Sindicato comparte plenamente la opini n de que la OIT no puede promover las normas de trabajo si no esta mos nosotros mismos preparados para aplicarlas Alan Wild Swissinfo 25 de marzo de 2002 El Comit del Sindicato reconoce los esfuerzos realizados por la Oficina para abordar esta cuesti n y reconoce los progresos alcanzados en cuanto a la regularizaci n de un cierto n mero de miembros del personal que antes hab an Union 320 Juin 2002 7 estado empleados precariamente Constatamos con agrado que en la reuni n del Comisi n Paritaria de Negociaci n del 30 de abril de 2002 la Oficina acept el pedido del sin dicato de extender hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2003 el plazo para que el personal precario pueda participar en concursos independientemente de su nacionalidad Sin embargo esto es sencillamente insuficiente Por cier to estamos muy preocupados por otros hechos recientes En efecto disponemos de informaci n que demuestra la existencia de graves pr cticas discriminatorias en perjui cio de miembros del personal por estar o haber estado empleados en condiciones precarias adem s solo se han realizado esfuerzos a medias para regularizar a aquellos empleados precarios cuyas situaciones quedaban por resolver y que responden a la
24. mmerciales et religieuses les ont conduits a essaimer en Afrique de l Ouest Histoire du crapaud de la mouche de la motte de terre et du chaume Un jour le crapaud la mouche la motte de terre et le chaume partirent en brousse pour s y installer Ils d fri ch rent install rent leurs champs et leurs maisons Quand la premi re pluie tomba ils sem rent le mil Ils sem rent le mil Ils travaill rent travaill rent leurs terres et un jour ils firent la r colte Apr s avoir r colt le mil ils le pil rent pour en faire de la farine Quand ils eurent fini ils eurent besoin de feu pour pr parer la bouillie de mil appel e foura Le chaume dit qu il voulait bien aller chercher le feu Les autres lui dirent de partir Mais toi chaume quand tu es arriv pour chercher le feu tu as pris feu Les autres taient la attendre que le chaume revienne avec le feu Au bout d un moment ils d ciderent puis que le chaume ne revenait pas d envoyer la mouche chercher du feu La mouche partit revint avec le feu Ils pr par rent la boule de foura Quand la foura fut cuite ils la pilerent Mais ensuite il leur manquait de l eau pour d layer la foura Alors la motte de terre dit qu elle voulait bien aller cher cher de leau Toi motte de terre quand tu es arriv e au bord du fleuve la rive s est effondr e tu es tomb e dans l eau tu tes dissoute dans l eau Les deux autres attendirent le retou
25. n vue de parvenir l limination de ces pratiques est l un des onze principaux sujets de pr occupation du Pro gramme et de la strat gie du Comit du Syndicat du per sonnel du BIT pour 2002 Il ne s agit pas de la seule question importante dont le comit s occupe actuellement mais assur ment c est celle qui requiert le plus d attention et de temps au si ge Par ailleurs sur le terrain beaucoup de fonctionnaires se trouvent dans une situation analogue et certains adminis trateurs semblent ne pas conna tre non plus bien leurs obligations dans le cas des personnes li es par des contrats pr caires voir le bulletin conjoint HRD Syndicat n 5 17 octobre 2000 Le Bureau a pour politique d clar e de r soudre le pro bl me de l emploi pr caire C est ce qui ressort du dis cours du Directeur g n ral de documents du Conseil d administration et de d clarations du D partement du d veloppement des ressources humaines Le Syndicat du personnel partage pleinement l opinion que POIT ne peut pas promouvoir les normes du travail qu elle n est pas dispos e appliquer Alan Wild SwissInfo 25 mars 2002 Le Comit du Syndicat se f licite du fait que le Bureau s occupe de cette question et il reconna t que des progr s ont t accomplis le cas de plusieurs fonctionnaires en situation pr caire ayant t r solu Nous sommes heu reux de rappeler qu a la r union du 30 avril 2002 du Comit de n gociation par
26. on and sustainable development A postmodern identity crisis What are the links between the World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalization and the World Summit on Sustainable Development Why should youth care This was the title of a panel held recently at the ILO The panel was organized by Youth Cares International Youth Network based in the ILO and established at the end of last year to create a space for youth dialogue and to encourage net working with other youth groups through a website and elec tronic discussion forum It comprised Susan Hayter Secretariat of World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globaliza tion Larry Kohler ILO team leader World Summit on Sus tainable Development and Yvonne O Callaghan Youth Coordi nator International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Each speaker shared their experience and ideas with the audience made up of ILO staff interns and university students Everyone who attended the panel will have come away with something different For me three main messages stood out and are connected to the fact that young people sustainable development and globalization are in the midst of a postmod ern identity crisis The first thing to note is that there is no single definition of globalization However one feature has gained acceptance in recent times That is globalization is not an inevitable process but an outcome of policy decisions and certain assumptions This wa
27. onal bureaucrat But the DG would not take no for an answer it was said he was prepared to move heaven and earth to get his man And of course in the end he got him and Personnel became Human Resources Development What followed was a veritable cultural revolution The ILO became the first UN organization to recognize employees right to collective bargaining Union and management representa tives retreated for weeks on end to thrash out new structures and procedures that put flesh on the bones We heard that the Office of Legal Services had advised the DG that these were ille gal under the UN common system but that he preferred to fol low the advice of his new specialist Director We heard that at meetings with his fellow agency heads the DG would urge them to follow the ILO s example They were it was said reluctant But then some time last year the wind began to change The first rumour had it that the Director himself wanted out He was said to be unhappy because HRD was underresourced We interviewed him for this magazine and he was happy to deny it all His contract he assured us was up for renewal He had told the DG he was available to serve another term We thought that was the end of it but we were wrong The rumour morphed into a new version Now it was the DG who wanted the Director out Our executive head no longer prosely tized among his contemporaries about the ILO s shining exam ple Things had apparentl
28. os los textos propuestos Se aceptan los pseud nimos a condici n de que se comunique a la redacci n el nombre del autor informaci n que tendr car cter confidencial El plazo de presentaci n de las contri buciones acaba el primer d a laborable de cada mes excepto junio y octubre Las contribuciones que hayan sido aceptadas se publicar n en el n mero del mes siguiente o en n meros posteriores Los art culos pueden presentarse en ingl s franc s o espa ol y no deber an exceder de 1000 palabras El original deber a presentarse de ser posible en formato de tratamiento de texto texto sin formato especial sin justificaci n a la dere cha sin tabulaci n sin sangrado y sin subrayados como texto anexado al correo electr nico o en disquete acompa ado de una copia impresa Las fotograf as deber an ser preferente mente copias de bromuro en blanco y negro o diapositivas en color Los dibujos que se presenten deben ser los originales ee Imprimerie Genevoise SA 12 rue des Mouettes 1227 Carouge R gie Publicitaire Publi Annonces SA 25 rue Jacques Grosselin 1227 Carouge suffisantes Nous l avions l poque interview pour Union et il avait t ravi d apporter un d menti a tous ces ragots son contrat nous assurai t il tait en instance de renouvellement et il avait inform le DG qu il tait pr t rempiler Nous pensions alors que l affaire tait r gl e mais nous nous trompions La rumeur prit un
29. os preca rios y que la Oficina publicar pr ximamente e dar instrucciones escritas a los directores para asegurar que todas aquellas personas que est n empleadas con contratos precarios o lo hayan estado no sean colocadas en una lista negra o discriminadas en particular deneg ndoles contratos de corta duraci n o de colabora dores externos e presentar por escrito a los miembros del personal afec tados los motivos basados en una evaluaci n justa y sis tem tica de forma que se reconozca a trav s de una eva luaci n sistem tica justa y transparente que no se ha podido encontrar una soluci n para lograr la regularizaci n de su situaci n e aceptar reunirse con el Sindicato para encontrar paquetes de compensaci n justos y razonables para aquellas personas para las que no se haya encontrado puestos regulares al 31 de diciembre del 2003 Se insta a los miembros del personal tanto en la sede como en el terreno que se encuentren en una situaci n de empleo precario y que todav a no hayan dado a cono cer su caso al Sindicato a que lo hagan Si no conocemos su situaci n no podremos defenderlos Ya es hora de que la OIT sea consecuente y act e en conformidad con lo que predica en otros mbitos respecto de las pr cticas del Trabajo Decente Comit del Sindicato MM Congratulations to ILO winners The ILO tennis team narrowly defeated the Japanese Team of Geneva at the second ILO Japan Annual Challenge held at S
30. ovisuel Cameraperson G 6 Grade La position est indispensable a la production audiovi suelle et multimedia C est une partie essentielle de la strat gie de communication du BIT Description des taches Planifie supervise et assure le bon fonctionnement des installations t l visuelles du d partement Personnellement et tout moment la disposition du Directeur g n ral et de son quipe Appel interne de candidatures et prospection externe de candi datures 2002 23 ILO COMMent A la disposition tout moment Offset Press Operator G 6 With considerable latitude for individual initiative the incumbent operates single offset presses with accuracy and efficiency Description of Duties Super vise and co ordinate the daily work of a team and provide guid ance and in service training to all personnel in the unit on new systems in order to maintain the level of occupational skills Ensure that data files received from other branches within the Office correspond to the manuscripts Specific Competencies Excellent knowledge of machine nomenclatures coupled with keen use of eye to hand co ordination and hearing are vital to the work performed Vacancy No 2002 19 ILO COMMent In other words keen use of eye to hand co ordination will ensure that it is the manuscript in question that will be printed accurately and efficiently The E R P Project New Web site with a name the project competition where the winners name
31. r de la motte de terre pendant un moment mais elle ne revint pas Alors le crapaud partit chercher de l eau puisque la motte de terre n tait pas revenue Le crapaud apporta Peau ils la m lang rent la boule de foura et ils la man g rent Alors le crapaud s tonnma que la mouche apr s avoir mang ne sessuie pas la bouche Mais en t essuyant toi la mouche tu as perdu la t te qui s est d tach e Le crapaud lui voyant la mouche qui perdait la t te trouva cela tr s amusant et se mit rire rire rire jus qu ce que son ventre explose et il mourut Patricia Isimat Mirin B Union 320 Juin 2002 11 Correspondence Working closer together pulling down the walls Although I am very much in favour of pulling down the walls that so often and very unnecessarily act to sepa rate colleagues according to their function and grade there is something positive indeed satisfying to be said about being able to work in a concentrated manner with out fear of interruption within the closed confines of an office Is it not during such moments that true job satis faction is often found Yet rumour has it that all this may be set to change Rumour has it that the walls are set to come crumbling down our office walls that is Passing observation of the ongoing work on the first floor sug gests that the future design of ILO headquarters increas ingly will be open plan Acco
32. r un pied d galit avec les autres candidats internes tablissant un pool mobile des membres du per sonnel G et P employ s en vertu de contrats pr caires et autres pour leur assurer des contrats d cents finan c s sur le budget r gulier et utiliser leurs services pour occuper des postes temporairement vacants reconnaissant que parmi les titulaires de contrats pr caires il existe des cas humanitaires qui n cessi tent une action du Bureau en cons quence prenant en compte les avis du Syndicat relatifs aux circulaires portant sur les contrats pr caires qui sont sur le point d tre publi es par le Bureau donnant par crit des instructions aux directeurs visant assurer que toutes les personnes qui sont actuellement ou qui ont r cemment t employ es sur la base de contrats pr caires ne figurent pas sur une liste noire ou ne fassent pas l objet de discrimi nations notamment en se voyant refuser des contrats de courte dur e ou de collaboration ext rieure donnant par crit des raisons fond es sur une valua tion juste syst matique et transparente dans les cas o aucune solution m aurait t trouv e pour r gulariser la situation du membre du personnel concern acceptant de rencontrer le Syndicat pour garantir une indemnisation financi re juste et raisonnable ceux dont la situation n a pu tre r gularis e au 31 d cembre 2003 Les membres du personnel
33. rdingly and calling upon the governance principles of greater transparency I am asking that these proposed plans to revamp more systemically the ILO offices on an open plan basis be made public or denied as false rumour While I feel privileged to work shoulder to shoulder with my present colleagues there are professional and personal limits to the degree of intimacy that I like the vast majority of my colleagues in the offices around me can tolerate This is not simply a personal perspective these remarks cannot be disassociated from important issues of workplace health and safety Importantly psy chological research has already highlighted that far from being neutral an open plan working environment can have serious negative ramifications for certain types of personality If these purported future changes are indeed to take place what is the underlying motivation for their devel opment Is it about reducing costs It can t be related to misguided ideas about heightening staff productivity surely not The ILO should not underestimate the destructive AGENT OFFICIEL PUBLICATIONS 24e semaine depuis l incendie du 2 janvier Les otages du R1 n ont impact of false economies The valid desire to effect a more efficient use of resources including office space should not result in the worsening of the working envi ronment including a heightening of noise levels and an increase in internal draf
34. rs at Coke bottling plants in Colombia over the past decade an accusa tion that the company vehemently denies With scores of fellow Teamsters crowding sidewalks outside Coke s annual shareholder meeting in Madison Square Gar den Hoffa asserted that workers at plants across the globe were routinely harassed by bottling companies that Coke refuses to rein in and in some cases partly owns As one of the largest labor groups in the United States the Teamsters union has in the past acted overseas to support strikes and pressure companies to resolve labor disputes But this is the first time the union has sought to negotiate a global set of labor standards covering every country in which a corporation operates We re demanding Coke takes control or we will Hoffa said leading the crowd in a chant of We re not going to take it anymore Coke s chief executive Douglas Daft denied the accusations and assured investors that the murders had nothing to do with the company or the many bottlers that supply it Let me say briefly and quite pointedly The claims against the company are simply not true Daft said Not only does Coke adhere to international conventions that prohibit child labor and corporal punishment Daft said but the company also already has its own rigid principles for protecting workers and that expectation extends to any one who makes and bottles its drinks Hoffa later dismissed the company s gu
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36. s necesidades de la Oficina Esos empleados se encuentran actualmente en una situa ci n verdaderamente desesperada M s a n otros miem bros del personal que de hecho est n con empleo preca rio no se atreven a solicitar al Departamento de Recursos Humanos que se los incluya en la lista oficial de funcio narios precarios Debido a la gravedad de la situaci n el Comit del Sindi cato ha escrito al Director General reiterando sus demandas para que la Oficina proceda inmediatamente a e suspender su decisi n de poner fin a los contratos de los miembros del personal con contratos precarios que han recibido recientemente preaviso de despido e tomar medidas apropiadas para regularizar a todos los miembros del personal con contrato precario cuyas com petencias respondan a las necesidades de la Oficina facilitando la participaci n de los precarios en los concursos en pie de igualdad con los candidatos internos estableciendo un equipo m vil de personal G y P integrado por las personas con contratos precarios y otros empleados a fin de proporcionarles contratos decentes con cargo al presupuesto ordinario y de utili zar sus servicios para ocupar vacantes temporales e reconocer que en realidad entre las personas que a n tienen contratos precarios existen casos humanitarios que requieren medidas especiales e incorporar todas las opiniones del Sindicato en todas las circulares que traten el tema de los contrat
37. s not always recognized to be the case When tri umphalism followed the end of the Cold War the global expan sion of capitalism seemed an inevitability This hubris was reflected in the belief that we had reached the End of History A decade on we are debating what the post Cold War con sensus will be The second closely related point is that the social pillar of sus tainable development and the social dimension of globaliza tion are about identity The ideological superheroes of the past the Rational Actor and Soviet Man among others are dead although they continue to wield considerable influence posthumously Postmodernism has unmasked the myth of sci entific objectivity and impartiality to reveal the subjectivity and value laden assumptions that underlie all decisions The combi nation of these factors has contributed to the popularity of the ubiquitous and often meaningless notion of choice which has generated its own myths Third the postmodern identity crisis is not just theoretical In practical terms life has never had so many uncertainties espe cially for youth Nothing is black and white youth have grown up with 3D and virtual reality often it s hard to be sure of the real thing Terrorism provides a vivid illustration of the scle rosis Terrorists transcend state borders and utilize new tech nologies to organize and escape detection on an unprecedented scale Af
38. s socio economic security What is it Why decent work of course e Taking an unaccustomed stroll down the fourth floor corridor Ilote is disturbed to hear what sounds like grown men and women sobbing behind closed doors Boo hoo they wail Not wishing to intrude on private grief the diarist hastens away e Forced by the spouse to watch endless grainy images of sweaty men grabbing each other s gaudy shirts as they chase like lost puppies after little balls on the other side of the globe at unearthly hours of the morning Ilote is subjected to an unwanted barrage of useless facts and statistics Most of these seem to involve red cards and shots on target but one of them does literally ring a bell In Korea says the TV presenter the number four is considered unlucky Thus in buildings for example elevators jump straight from the third to the fifth floor The fourth floor is totally disre It s not only false it s reckless said Rodrigo Calderon a Coke spokesman based in Mexico By alleging that Coke is associated with the paramilitaries in suppressing union activity it puts our executives in jeopardy Beyond rousing the Teamsters to demand an overhaul of the company s labor practices the lawsuit also prompted a col lection of Coke shareholders to seek new policies to protect workers Their proposal called on the company to ensure that its employees are treated fairly and paid a sustainable wage where
39. suggestion is immor talised What is an ERP The Enterprise Resource Planning system is an organisational change project not simply an infor mation systems project Project objectives support organisa tional changes and reforms streamlining and integrating busi ness processes The ERP System frightens off some prospective customers because they dont think they can learn it quickly enough While the system requires some experience to compre hend its depth the complexity challenge is due primarily to the combination of new technology business reengineering and change management Making these decisions in an environ ment of constantly changing business requirements will require knowledge of the information systems peculiarities the current and future business structure and the strategic direction of the company in other words the wisdom of Solomon mirror intranet english erp index htm erp project Click on the picture to participate and win Objec tive To select a name for the ERP Project that demonstrates what the project is all about that has meaning to the Organisa tion sounds great and will be easy to use when discussing or referring to the new system First prize 400 CHF credit toward a champagne dinner at a restaurant of your choosing and your name suggestion immortalised mirror intranet english erp projects competition htm Scenario for Acquisition of ERP The theory is that you will now have 100 satisfacto
40. t Genis France on Sunday 21 April 2002 at the end of 24 dou bles matches six men s six women s and 12 mixed The ILO team was composed of Iftikhar Ahmed Eva Blet Rodolphe Daviaud Laurel Dryden Emma Fraser Kyoko lizuka Fabrice Leclercq Elizabeth Ludviksson Behrouz Shahandeh Mike Shone Zheng Wei and Cheryl Wright Iftikhar Ahmed M We Y i J E f a e The Captain of the Japanese Team Nozumu Kishii hands over the trophy to the ILO Captain Laurel Dryden while Iftikhar Ahmed left President of the ILO Tennis Circle looks on The 24 participants of the ILO and Japanese tennis teams SUAF Day 2002 The Staff Union Assistance Fund s day of action on 24 May at headquarters was a resounding success At the latest count 61 new regular contributors have been recruited to the Fund Almost 2000 Swiss francs was raised from the sale of the extreme ly desirable consumer items bearing the prestigious SUAF brand an exclusive Matei Ganescu design If you hurry there may still be a few of these available from the Union secretariat room 6 20 As a reminder it s 15 francs the t shirt 12 francs the baseball cap 7 francs the solid silver keyring and 2 francs the pen In a very real sense everyone was a winner in the Grand Prize Draw made by Jacques Cattin manager of the ILO Carlson travel agency but most particularly the following The first prize a holiday trip generously donated by Carlson Wagonlit Trav
41. t am nag pour l occasion par les bons soins de BATIM Un nombre impressionnant de convives ont r pondu l invitation pour le moins originale au dire des invit s Parmi eux Gloria l pouse de Lucien et leurs enfants les anciens et actuels membres du club le pr sident du Comit du Syndicat et ses charmantes secr taires le pr sident de la Section des anciens et son comit la pr sidente de la S amp L et son comit ainsi qu un grand nombre de coll gues et amis Des projections de montages vid o concours et manifestations produites par les membres du club ont pu tre visionn es sur plusieurs moni teurs install s a et l et des d monstrations des nouvelles ins tallations ont t pr sent es Dans son discours la pr sidente n a pas manqu de rendre ga lement hommage un autre membre et vice pr sident du club durant plusieurs ann es Derik Ilgin Oui l ann e 2001 a t une ann e noire pour cette section de la S amp L et la pr sidente confirme qu il sera difficile de maintenir un tel dynamisme der ri re ces deux comp res pleins d humour d imagination mais aussi d bordants d nergie A lissu du discours une plaque comm morative a t d voil e par Mme Wasmer puis apr s un moment d motion les partici pants se sont retrouv s devant un buffet campagnard bien arros Fran oise Jaffr MM e Pour tous renseignements sur les activit s du club une assem bl e g n rale est pr v
42. ter September 11 the revival of the notion of good vs evil which evoked comparisons with the Cold War was a poor analogy and intellectually indefensible However the need for a real enemy with a fixed identity even in a context where this was no longer applicable meant that this simplistic formula found widespread acceptance in postmodern societies The postmodern world is heir to a bad conscience We know that the world is more differentiated than good vs evil and are challenged by the daily flood of information to reconsider the changing nature of warfare gender sex race youth age work religion morality At the same time the wall between public and private has crumbled and it is especially marked in the West now the State presides not only over the public sphere but increasingly in private life too Paradoxically while markets are becoming further liberalized civil liberties are increasingly subject to regulation At the same time we have become less secure and more conscious of our engagement with the world Throughout the nineties postmodern youth came to symbolize a who cares generation The emphasis was on attitude 1 think that this characterization misses the point The most interesting phenomenon was the asymmetry created between the economic cultural and political power of youth In eco nomic terms youth grew in stature as both producers and con sumers In cultural terms youth have n
43. ts gusts Ultimately the resul tant outcome of these combined factors is likely to con tribute to higher levels of workplace stress increased levels of absenteeism and the demoralization of staff more generally In the absence of any formal agreement regarding the nature of these developments and in order to better address the fears of many staff there is a pressing need for these purportedly proposed and by no means insignificant changes in the working environment to be discussed in an inclusive manner to reflect the concerns of all those that may be affected Name withheld MM e Editors note Pseudonymous contributions to Union are accepted on condition that as in this case the authors supply their names to the editors NEW BEETLE 13 Union 320 Juin 2002 14 Union 320 Juin 2002 Un clap pour le souvenir Le 20 mars dernier les membres du vid o club cr ative du BIT ont organis l inauguration de leurs nouvelles installations de montage informatis ou num rique Cette inauguration qui devait tre une petite f te entre copains pris d une m me pas sion a pris un caract re plus solennel La disparition brutale le 29 avril 2001 de Lucien ami et fondateur du club a incit ses membres baptiser leur local Studio vid o Lucien Wasmer en sa m moire La manifestation s est d roul e au R3 Nord entre le centre de formation et PUBS o se trouve le studio Le lieu avait t minutieusemen
44. tte rh torique les chercheurs l appellent langue de coton en opposition la langue de bois des Sovi tiques au temps de la guerre froi de Le coton une mati re souple pratique pour chlorofor mer ou se boucher les oreilles Cette langue de coton est celle de l humanit qui s adresse elle m me constate Gilbert Rist Elle est constitu e de propos difficiles criti quer puisque qu ils noncent la voie du salut plan taire Le syst me international qui parle la langue de coton cherche t il de fa on coordonn e endormir les esprits les manipuler Je ne crois pas la th orie du complot avec quelqu un qui tire les ficelles Cest plut t le r sultat d un syst me Il existe un profil collectif des r dacteurs de ces rapports Au fil des ann es ils ont absorb comme des ponges l id ologie inter nationale Ils distillent les valeurs dominantes comme la mondialisation et la lib ralisation en les pr sentant comme des ph nom nes naturels alors que ce sont des construc tions sociales Et ces valeurs dominantes avancent camou fl es la lutte contre la pauvret est cens e donner une me la mondialisation L encore le discours est tronqu Ce sont les riches qui parlent du probl me des pauvres comme les Blancs parlaient d un probl me noir aux Etats Unis dans les ann es 60 Ils sexcluent de la solution Pour eux ce sont les pauvres qui constituent le probl me jamais les riches Pourt
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46. ue d but septembre Une circulaire sera publi e Vous pouvez galement contacter les personnes sui vantes EF Jaffr 0227996273 A Astic 0221991219 J M Gallet 022 799 8169 Derik et Lucien vous nous manquez x E E E News you may have missed From ILO Communications Communication Skills for Success The workshop will focus on the ILOS core and level competencies a combination of skills attributes and behaviours for all staff helping us to achieve the highest standards of excellence and a healthy quality of work life We are pleased to conduct such workshops to sup port general service staff in building core and level competencies and strengthening their communication skills A similar work shop will be offered for professional staff in the near future ILO Circular No 629 HRD Series 6 18 03 02 ILO COMMent G staff as Guinea Pigs in the standardiza tion of excellence How Decent Is Your Workplace We ve reached the tip of the iceberg and we have to act quickly now says the author of Vio lence at Work According to the ILO to make a workplace decent and liveable prevention is far better than cure To cope with stress workers may resort to drugs and alcohol which may increase the risk of exposure to HIV Aids a definite cause of stress and the vicious circle goes round and round The challenge is How to break the circle The Office proposes to address these problems at
47. ver they work in the global economy Given the company s existing policies Coke officials described the proposal as redundant and it was defeated at the shareholders meeting by a ratio of roughly 9 to 1 Greg Winter DM garded Could this not be tried in the ILO It might save a lot of heartache e Talking of little balls this magazine s Sports Corre spondent points out that the ILO now has a unit called MCC Management and Corporate Citizenship Surely that s not cricket e Now for a public service announcement This is an appeal to Mme Baechtold SECSOC Could you please at your convenience return the UN manual on preparing population protection methods by sex and age ST SOA Series A loaned to you by the ILO s Preparatory Documentation Unit Records show that it has been in your possession since 8 March 1965 Your cooperation is appreciated Thank you e That s unless you re the same distinguished former colleague that has been officially hired to write the his tory of the ILO In which case please keep the book a bit longer and why not put your feet up while yow re at it Ilote hears that the historian in question is 94 years young This makes her seven years older than the Orga nization itself Is this another staff regulation being flouted e Alighting by mistake at the gloomy and effectively quaran tined first floor Ilote sneaks a look at the splendid new office space being prepared where PUBL used to be Grati
48. y gone too far too soon The watch word was now consolidation Youll see said the Chinese whisperers the Director will be gone by the end of the month or next month or the one after By force of repetition it became accepted fact Everybody knew it Our interview was never published for fear of its being out of date by the time we went to press Yet still there was no offi cial acknowledgement of the situation We would ask our strictly confidential HRD sources Is it true When it happening Amazingly they knew no more than us At last in late May two days before the rest of us HRD col leagues were told officially about the change at the top of their Department Mind you it didn t take a rocket scientist to figure it out by then the successor had already moved in albeit in a different office while the outgoing Director was no longer authorized to sign documents with financial implications And surprise surprise his new role was to be Special Adviser the traditional ILO equivalent of purgatory a place to be parked while they re showing you the door Those who know the new fellow a long serving official tell us he is a man of integrity We are glad to hear it But they also confirm that he has no qualifications or experience in personnel matters What was true back then is still so today the management of the Office s human resources is too important to be left in the hands of amateurs it shoul
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