Strike Action, really those officer stopping processing?

[yotaguy]

Hello all,
I have visited the cic website last night to see any update for processing time on Manila office. It turned to find out they have strike action now that it says many of officers walked out office now, so that way processing time would take longer.

Did anybody know when this action started? Or anybody has any idea how long this will be last? I just noticed it last night June 15 and hope it sort it out quick and get them back on the track.

 

[LailaDulos]

Hello all,
I have visited the cic website last night to see any update for processing time on Manila office. It turned to find out they have strike action now that it says many of officers walked out office now, so that way processing time would take longer.

Did anybody know when this action started? Or anybody has any idea how long this will be last? I just noticed it last night June 15 and hope it sort it out quick and get them back on the track.

if you are applying for temporary or permanent resident, you are not affected.

 

[yotaguy]

I have applied for study permit....

 

[Hanazan]

I'm applying for working permit, is it affected in strike out in canada?

 

[aadi]

my MP Rep just confirmed that every application will be affected!!!!!

 

[Nahush]

Anyone knows how long this strike could last?

 

[mbassamh]

Hello all,

I am in the process to submit my study permit application in the canadian visa office in Lebanon. I heard about the strike action taken by CIC members, so I am wondering if any one knows if the applications in the visa office in Lebanon are also affected by this action???? please let me know if any one has any information.
Thanks

 

[zardoz]

Anyone knows how long this strike could last?

Until one side or the other decides that it has to give in. I heard that plans as in place for action as far ahead as September.
So, who can say...

 

[laksmisesh]

"June 11, 2013 — The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) union is currently taking strike action. PAFSO union members responsible for processing visa applications have been walking out of offices in Canada and overseas.

Posted processing times for both temporary and permanent resident visa applications do not take into account work stoppages.

Anyone applying for a visa should anticipate delays and submit their application as far in advance as possible.

Contingency plans are already in place to ensure all offices remain open and are providing at least a minimum level of service. Priority will be placed on urgent humanitarian applications.

CIC continues to closely monitor the situation."


looks like there vl be an indefinite delay for all the categories!!!! bad time!!!

Seniors- please give your suggestions here, has this happened earlier, what is the expected time delay??

 

[sjack0602]

saw the announcement too. i'm getting more anxious about it. my application just changed to "in process" after 9 months from "application received". they already asked for my passport, sent it last may 13. and until now my passport is still with them.

anybody here who is on the same situation??? :'(

 

[LailaDulos]

saw the announcement too. i'm getting more anxious about it. my application just changed to "in process" after 9 months from "application received". they already asked for my passport, sent it last may 13. and until now my passport is still with them.

anybody here who is on the same situation??? :'(

may I know where is your visa office?

 

[sjack0602]

may I know where is your visa office?

Manila

 

[quietdom]

Unionized foreign services officers are returning to the negotiating table on Monday, June 3, following a request from the Treasury Board Secretariat, according to the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO).

“Targeted withdrawals” of service will continue until the contents of the Treasury Board’s offer are known, the union said, but it plans to unilaterally suspend all withdrawals on May 31 as “a demonstration of goodwill and to foster a positive environment for talks” with the Treasury Board.

PAFSO members have withdrawn services this week in three international locations, and three geadquarters divisions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The affected missions and work units are: Manila, Cairo, Canada's Permanent Mission to the Organization of Amercian States in Washington, D.C., and the International Economic Relations & Summits Division, North America Policy & Relations Division, and Hemispheric Affairs Division in Ottawa.

In addition, all remaining PAFSO members are engaged in the eighth week of a work-to-rule campaign at headquarters and posts abroad.

The union has a strike mandate from its members, as 82 per cent voted in favour of job action after contract talks broke down on Jan. 31. It has been in a legal strike position since April 2.

PAFSO claims its members are paid between $3,000 and $14,000 less than counterparts in comparable occupational groups. It is seeking wage increases to allow them to catch up with other federal government professionals such as economists, commerce officers and lawyers.


This stinks. I guess we all just have to wait. Tutal papahintayin nalang man din tayo, eh di let's be patient nalang! wala tayong magawa dito!hehehe

 

[Hanazan]

Unionized foreign services officers are returning to the negotiating table on Monday, June 3, following a request from the Treasury Board Secretariat, according to the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO).

“Targeted withdrawals” of service will continue until the contents of the Treasury Board's offer are known, the union said, but it plans to unilaterally suspend all withdrawals on May 31 as “a demonstration of goodwill and to foster a positive environment for talks” with the Treasury Board.

PAFSO members have withdrawn services this week in three international locations, and three geadquarters divisions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The affected missions and work units are: Manila, Cairo, Canada's Permanent Mission to the Organization of Amercian States in Washington, D.C., and the International Economic Relations & Summits Division, North America Policy & Relations Division, and Hemispheric Affairs Division in Ottawa.

In addition, all remaining PAFSO members are engaged in the eighth week of a work-to-rule campaign at headquarters and posts abroad.

The union has a strike mandate from its members, as 82 per cent voted in favour of job action after contract talks broke down on Jan. 31. It has been in a legal strike position since April 2.

PAFSO claims its members are paid between $3,000 and $14,000 less than counterparts in comparable occupational groups. It is seeking wage increases to allow them to catch up with other federal government professionals such as economists, commerce officers and lawyers.




San mo to nabasa?

 

[zardoz]

Why repeat old news?