SACE: social dialogue, more important than ever On Thursday afternoon 9 December, the representatives of the Staff Committee and SACE were finally able to raise the issues that were close to their hearts at the [...]
Historical Judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation (ILOAT) on the fundamental right to strike breached by the European Patent Office (EPO). On 7 July 2021, the ILOAT ruled that the EPO [...]
Damaging ruling on how the Commission should handle EU social partner agreements Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its verdict on the case EPSU (the European Federation of Public Service Unions) [...]
In recent years, social dialogue at the European Patent Office has been badly damaged. Since 2014, the EPO has been strongly criticised for its directives which go against the rights and interests of employees. Legal [...]
ETF has decided to stop all activities related to DG MOVE in the air traffic management field for the next three months, after receiving several reports of employers being pushed by two of DG MOVE [...]
On 23 January 2020, the Directors of the six Executive Agencies (CHAFEA, EACEA, EASME, ERCEA, INEA, REA) and the representative Trade Unions at the European Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the modalities of their [...]
The Union Syndicale had a meeting with Commissioner Johannes Hahn on 22 January to make an initial contact. He recalled the importance of contributing, exchanging and reaching a compromise when it comes to social dialogue. That is [...]
Mr Attila Vajnai, President of the Council of Presidents of the European Left Party was the guest of the 15th Congress of USF. He intervened on the issue of the rise of nationalism in Europe. [...]
The Member Organisations of Union Syndicale Fédérale, gathered in Congress in Bratislava, adopted on 2 June 2019 an emergency resolution on the situation of EPO staff and the unfair treatment of SUEPO trade unionists. Adopted [...]
Refusal on minimum legal standards on information and consultation rights Despite its own announcements, the Commission fools the social partners of the central governmental administrations (of which USF is the only union of the European [...]
