{"id":7011,"date":"2016-01-25T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T14:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=7011"},"modified":"2024-09-10T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T14:48:25","slug":"usf-letter-to-the-president-of-the-epo-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/usf-letter-to-the-president-of-the-epo-council\/","title":{"rendered":"USF letter to the President of the EPO Council"},"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\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Brussels, 25 January 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dear Mr Kongstad,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale\u00a0(USF) is deeply shocked to hear about the latest, disproportionate measures against trade union officials taken at the European Patent Office (EPO) in January 2016 \u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20160125-OEB-Lettre-USF-J.-Kongstad.pdf\">Read the letter here !<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\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>USF is deeply shocked to hear about the latest, disproportionate measures against trade union officials taken at at EPO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,69,68],"tags":[],"dossier-special":[],"class_list":["post-7011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-special-report","category-working-conditions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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