General Staff - PETITION - to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

PETITION

FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT OF SALARIES

FOR STAFF SERVING AT U.N. HEADQUARTERS

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Therefore, we, the staff of the United Nations serving in New York, hereby submit' a petition to you, .

a) to consider the hardships many of us would face should action be taken to pay staff . in the General Service and related categories their salaries only once a month;

b) to follow local standards and laws, in particular New York State Labor Law section 191, on frequency of payments of salaries to employees; and

c) to pay the salaries of all General Service and related categories of staff working for the United Nations in New York not less than semi-monthly. .

Please accept, Sir, the assurances of our highest regard for your leadership.