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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?<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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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?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The whole history of Union Syndicale is based in fact on solidarity. Solidarity between colleagues to help each other through mutual support. But, also to ensure that together they are heard.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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In face of the employer<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Face to face with an employer, an individual counts for very little. The interests of workers \u2013 whether they be officials, manual workers or employees \u2013 need to be represented collectively in order to be heard. That is the first reason why workers form trade unions.<\/p>\n

If today, just to cite a few examples,<\/p>\n

\u2022 you continue to receive your salary when you are sick;
\n\u2022 you have a salary that is adapted each year to maintain your purchasing power;
\n\u2022 you enjoy very good medical cover;
\n\u2022 you can take time off to care for those nearest to you, thanks to parental and family leave or to working part time;
\n\u2022 you can hope your career will develop correctly thanks to guaranteed promotion rates;
\n\u2022 you are free on Saturday;
\n\u2022 you can return home at a decent time;
\n\u2022 you are sure you can take your annual holidays,<\/p>\n

it is thanks to the social progress that the trade unions, and in particular Union Syndicale, have obtained through negotiation and strikes. These rights did not just fall from the sky. Their realisation, in the European and International Civil Service, has only been possible thanks to the tens of thousands of colleagues who have joined Union Syndicale, and in so-doing have given the whole of the staff the power to make themselves heard. In\u00a0the article by G\u00fcnther Lorenz<\/a>, Honorary President of Union Syndicale, you will discover in greater detail the history of the social progress that has been brought about by Union Syndicale. Or\u00a0read the article by our advocate-barrister, Ma\u00eetre Louis<\/a>, to become aware of the rights that have been defended and won through court action the over the decades.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The Civil Service: the backbone of European construction<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Without the Civil Service, European construction would have remained a dead letter. The institutions only function and live thanks to the permanency, competence and independence of the Civil Service.<\/p>\n

The sad truth is that these principles have to be defended by\u00a0Union Syndicale<\/strong>\u00a0all the time. Whether it be at a legislative level (the Staff Regulations, adopted by the Council and the European Parliament) or at a level internal to each institution, our \u201cbosses\u201d frequently behave in a schizophrenic manner, through not paying attention to the best functioning of the institutions:<\/p>\n