USB’S 50th anniversary

Editorial Agora 88

We’ll have to wait another 50 years (maybe 25) to have in your hands such an Agora issue like this. An issue that summarizes the history of the USB with its lights and shadows...

Archeology of the US

Union Syndicale Service Public Européen – Bruxelles (USB) was founded on Thursday, 25 January 1973 at a constituent general meeting of members of the SGPOE – Bruxelles regroupement...

The US is committed to defending its members

Union Syndicale invests more in the legal defence of its members than any other trade union

Joining the union: a necessary choice

Why choose Union Syndicale rather than another trade union? What is its purpose? What are its characteristics, and what is its DNA? And above all: why participate in a trade-union?

50 years of the Method

50 Years of the Method. 1972-2022, from the first to the sixth. A legacy left by Ludwig Schubert after his brilliant European career and his trade union and community life.

The EU Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme (JSIS) in brief

Two important recent developments to address some of these problems should be highlighted...

Career development in the European public service

Quelles possibilités d’évolution offre la Fonction Publique Européenne ?

The major rulings of the Court of Justice in personnel matters

For almost thirty years now, Union Syndicale has organised free legal advice for its members and provides them with technical, legal and financial support before and during litigation proceedings, and with submitting complaints to the European Ombudsman.

The achievements of the trade union: past, present and future

The following summary shows how much we have achieved and how much we were able to defend and keep.

The status of tax domicile and the residence exception

Although subject to a special tax regime, European officials are a taxpayer like any other. As a result, they remain subject to the applicable tax obligations in the State of their tax residence.

Repetition of undue payments

The recovery of undue payments is one of the fundamental principles of the law of obligations: anyone who has paid an amount to someone without legal cause is entitled to demand repayment.

Last day at work

More than 35 years ago, when Laurence entered the General Secretariat of the Council, following in her father’s footsteps, she did not imagine that one day she would leave her office for the last time with a little lump in her throat.

Flexible working hours – a key achievement of Union Syndicale

Today, working at the Council would be unthinkable without flexitime. It allows for the right balance between the needs of an unpredictable Institution, which needs its staff at all times, including nights, holidays and weekends, and the needs of the staff to preserve their health and to have a life outside work.

A union for the next 50 years

Union Syndicale’s survival will depend on its ability to adapt to change and to strengthen ties with its members.

A short history of the USOEB

SUEPO (Staff Union of the European Patent Office) was born in 1979 out of the “Syndicat du Personnel de l’Institut International des Brevets” (SP- IIB) which was founded in 1969, following the creation of the European Patent Office (EPO) in 1977, and the merging of the IIB into the EPO.