{"id":2128,"date":"2023-03-08T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/a-propos\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T16:45:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:45:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row heroheader height_auto full_height valign_center\"><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(51,51,51,0.60)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-iconbox us_custom_a30d2162 has_text_color iconpos_left style_default color_contrast align_left no_text\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;\"><i class=\"fas fa-horizontal-rule\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><p class=\"w-iconbox-title\">About Us<\/p><\/div><\/div><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field us_custom_79b492fa has_text_color type_text header_title color_link_inherit\"><span class=\"w-post-elm-value\">Say Yes to a Unified and Solidarity-driven Europe<\/span><\/h1><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field us_custom_4e8fa5ab has_text_color type_text header_text color_link_inherit\"><span class=\"w-post-elm-value\">Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale, the leading European civil service website, defends the officials and employees of the European institutions.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox us_custom_ea76afbe introlink iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_left no_text no_title\"><a href=\"#intro\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"fas|arrow-down\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:#ffffff;\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/div><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 vc_col-lg-7 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_6745946f has_text_color\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>About USF<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--additional-gap:30px;\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale<\/strong> was set up almost 50 years ago, when it was known as \u00ab UNION DES SYNDICATS \u00bb. Trade union organisations join together under its banner to embrace the cause of unity and solidarity with the world of work. What these organisations have in common is their desire to promote the ideal of a genuine European Public Service which will bring about European integration in peace and prosperity, in the interest of the people of Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale<\/strong> (USF) currently has more than 20 Unions Syndicales affiliated, representing a variety of locations within the European and International Public Service. Their members number thousands of people of all grades, nationalities, professions and contractual status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale<\/strong> does not confine its ambition to protecting the moral, material and financial interests of its members or of staff of the institutions. Working together with the trade union movement in Europe, to which it is affiliated, it seeks, beyond that, to guarantee the people of Europe a public service for all of Europe which is stable, independent and up to the job, and mindful of how it manages the public\u2019s money.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>To achieve this,\u00a0<strong>Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale<\/strong>\u00a0conducts its activities either directly or, where more appropriate, through its affiliates in a manner at once firm and constructive, acting as a counterweight to unfair pressure and to behaviour which conflicts with its principles.<\/p>\n<p>In this way\u00a0<strong>Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale<\/strong>\u00a0will do its bit to contribute to the evolution of the European society and to European integration, with due respect for democracy, workers\u2019 rights and Human rights, keeping an open and tolerant mind.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_885b4e85 bg1lefttop height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column linemiddle\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Brief History<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><div class=\"w-grid us_carousel historycarousel type_carousel layout_577 preload_style_spinner items_3\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--items:3;--gap:0rem;\"><style>.layout_577 .w-grid-item-h{}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list owl-carousel valign_stretch dotstyle_circle navstyle_circle arrows-ver-pos_middle arrows-hor-pos_on_sides_outside arrows-disabled_hide owl-responsive-2000 with_arrows\" style=\"--transition-duration:350ms;--arrows-size:1.5rem;--arrows-hor-offset:calc(0px + 0rem);--arrows-gap:10px;\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item post-2148 histoire type-histoire status-publish hentry\" data-id=\"2148\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">1949<\/h4><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 with_collapsible_content\" data-content-height=\"250px\"><div><p>The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was created, bringing together trade union organisations from 53 countries and claiming <\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"toggle-links align_none\"><button class=\"collapsible-content-more\">Show More<\/button><button class=\"collapsible-content-less\">Show Less<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item post-2147 histoire type-histoire status-publish hentry\" data-id=\"2147\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">1957<\/h4><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 with_collapsible_content\" data-content-height=\"250px\"><div><p>The Treaty of Rome. The Treaty established a European Parliament, a Council, a Commission and a Court of Justice.  The creation of the European Trade Union Secretariat (SSE), which encouraged its organisations to take part in the process that led to the creation of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"toggle-links align_none\"><button class=\"collapsible-content-more\">Show More<\/button><button class=\"collapsible-content-less\">Show Less<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item post-2146 histoire type-histoire status-publish hentry\" data-id=\"2146\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">1960&#8217;s<\/h4><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 with_collapsible_content\" data-content-height=\"250px\"><div><p>The enlargement of Europe, at the heart of the Cold War. The EEC, ECSC and EAEC (Euratom) were plagued by disorders that undermined the functioning of the common market. To avoid divergences caused by national political responses, the member states agreed on a step-by-step plan to create a European economic and monetary union. <\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"toggle-links align_none\"><button class=\"collapsible-content-more\">Show More<\/button><button class=\"collapsible-content-less\">Show Less<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item post-2145 histoire type-histoire status-publish hentry\" data-id=\"2145\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">1970&#8217;s<\/h4><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 with_collapsible_content\" data-content-height=\"250px\"><div><p>By the early 1970s, the number of institutions had risen to almost 10,000 officials and agents. <\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"toggle-links align_none\"><button class=\"collapsible-content-more\">Show More<\/button><button class=\"collapsible-content-less\">Show Less<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item post-2144 histoire type-histoire status-publish hentry\" data-id=\"2144\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">1973<\/h4><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 with_collapsible_content\" data-content-height=\"250px\"><div><p>The United Kingdom, along with Ireland and Denmark, officially opened the doors to the common market.<br \/>\nUnion Syndicale Service Public Europ\u00e9en &#8211; Bruxelles (USB) was founded.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"toggle-links align_none\"><button class=\"collapsible-content-more\">Show More<\/button><button class=\"collapsible-content-less\">Show Less<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item post-2143 histoire type-histoire status-publish hentry\" data-id=\"2143\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">1974<\/h4><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 with_collapsible_content\" data-content-height=\"250px\"><div><p>Creation of the federation named &#8216;Union des Syndicats&#8217;, which later became Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"toggle-links align_none\"><button class=\"collapsible-content-more\">Show More<\/button><button class=\"collapsible-content-less\">Show Less<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"w-grid-carousel-json hidden\" onclick='return 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