U.N. staff in Geneva angry over pay cut plan, call for strike


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 May 2017

United Nations and other agencies staff demonstrate against a planned 7,5 % salary cut at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

GENEVA (Reuters) - Angry United Nations staff in Geneva protested on Wednesday against a proposed 7.5 percent cut to their salaries, the equivalent of almost a month's pay, and called for strike action if it is implemented.

The proposal came from the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), a group of independent experts, which surveyed the cost of living in eight U.N. locations.

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