{"id":5261,"date":"2017-02-03T12:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T11:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2023-11-21T12:14:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:14:02","slug":"dismissal-of-epo-union-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/dismissal-of-epo-union-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismissal of EPO union officials !"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\"><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-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The President of the European Patent Office (EPO), Mr Battistelli, dismissed two union official in Munich in January 2016 and imposed a serious sanction on a third one.<\/p>\n<p>Despite fierce reactions in the media, the President of the EPO refused to reconsider his excessive decisions and refused to authorize an external review of the cases.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, a Dutch Labour Court found the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/?s=epo&amp;lang=en\">EPO<\/a>\u00a0guilty of violating fundamental union rights. The ruling is still being ignored by the President of the EPO. The climate at the EPO continues to be oppressive.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2016, the EPO President again sacked a union official, this time in The Hague : Laurent Prunier, Secretary of the Staff Union (SUEPO) and member of the Federal Committee of Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale (USF), of which SUEPO-The Hague is an affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>We reiterate our urgent claim to the EPO Council, the internal legislator of the organisation, to stop Mr Battistelli\u2019s arbitrary anti-union action \u2026<\/p>\n<p>These scandalous events at the EPO also result from a deficient governance structure encountered in many international organisations. What happened to union officials at the EPO may occur anytime in any other international organisation. Witch hunting may well become a normal tool of social dialogue management. The disastrous effect on the international public service\u2019s reputation does not seem to worry the governments anymore.<\/p>\n<p>You have the possibility to support the sacked EPO union officials through the solidarity funds in place. Read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tract-OEB-201611-EN.pdf\">Tract<\/a>\u00a0sent by SUEPO concerning the dismissal of EPO union officials.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_50 thick_3 style_solid color_primary align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/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\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dismissal of European Patent Office (EPO) union officials ! 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