The difficult times currently being experienced by our colleagues who are still active within the Organisation have led us to bring you some news from the front.

Given the organization’s financial difficulties, the ILO administration has just informed us that it will no longer cover the costs of printing and mailing communications from the Section to all retirees. In response, the Retirees’ Section has argued in numerous...

If you are still interested in what is happening in the Organisation where you worked, as a member of the Section, you can access the discussions of the Governing Body plenary sessions, which will take place from 23 March to 2 April 2026, online....

MARY JOHNSON (1945 – 2025) Our collective tribute to Mary, submitted to the print version of MESSAGES. was necessarily compressed to fit many views into a limited space.  My memories certainly include all of those fine traits of her character that we captured.  I add...

First Thank you to all the members who have sent their ballot paper in order to have  anew Bureau elected for  2026-2027  Here are the results :   Candidates Number of  votes 1 SAYOUR Pierre 118 2 COMTE-TIBERGHIEN Catherine 111 3 KIENTZLER François 109 4 BONILLA...

We moved ! You can reach us in Office 6-029 of the ILO Building.

If you are still interested in what is happening in the Organisation where you worked, as a member of the Section, you can access the discussions of the Governing Body plenary sessions, which will take place from 17 November to 27 November 2025, online....

In 2025, the ILO Staff Union decided to revise its statutes in order to better adapt its representation of staff, taking into account in particular the growing importance of ILO Country Offices outside Geneva and the exponential expansion of technical cooperation...