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Another EPO Protest Next Week, Strategically Planned to Coincide With the Administrative Council's Meeting

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Summary: Unrest at the European Patent Office will be on display next week when the President's bosses are convening and discussing him

THE EPO scandals led to an imminent strike (date to be decided on and confirmed pretty soon). It's the beginning of the end of Battistelli's regime. Not even an earthquake can stop it because more and more people in the Administrative Council now have the courage to stand up to the bully (this earthquake joke's context being a really dumb statement from Battistelli).



Based on MIP, "EPO action latest: demonstration due next Weds to coincide with Admin Council meeting. Decision on timing of strike after that."

"The cause for the strike is being made up by trolls, or those who deliberately misinform about the cause (it doesn't look as though they speak innocently, i.e. out of ignorance)."Bergot and her relatives (or their friends) gave a requirement of 5 working days before the strike, so this probably leaves (maybe deliberately) too little time to make the strike coincide with the Administrative Council's meeting, especially if there's induced procrastination (like not receiving or opening letters on time). We saw these tactics before. Either way, the Administrative Council will again be reminded that its members are expected to help staff, not the oppressors (Battistelli et al) -- something which is very likely to happen based on newly-leaked documents.

The strike action is already being trolled. The cause for the strike is being made up by trolls, or those who deliberately misinform about the cause (it doesn't look as though they speak innocently, i.e. out of ignorance). We don't want to entertain or feed the trolls, giving them more visibility than they deserve, but some of our readers probably know what's being alluded to here.

Anyway, here is WIPR's report on the upcoming strike:

Calls for the reinstatement of union officials dismissed from their posts at the European Patent Office (EPO) intensified yesterday after members of staff voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike.

In a vote for strike action, 91% (3,701) of those who voted backed industrial action, it was confirmed yesterday, March 8.

In order to strike, at least 40% of staff are required to vote on whether to take action. In total, 4,062 out of 6,738 staff voted, representing 60%.

[...]

A spokesperson for the EPO told WIPR that a social dialogue between staff and management at the EPO is important, but noted that strikes do happen.


"Battistelli under pressure like never before after EPO union members overwhelmingly back strike action" was the headline from an EPO apologist, who wrote:

The firing and downgrading of the SUEPO officials, though, has changed the entire dynamic at the office. In retrospect, it seems that Battistelli misread previous lack of support for industrial action among the examiner corps for acceptance of his changes; while at the same time over-estimating the backing he had on the Administrative Council, a body that has always been extremely political. Now he finds himself in a very difficult situation. He may seek to point to the fact that 50% of staff members have not supported strike action, but the obvious comeback is that over 90% of the members of the office’s biggest union – the only ones who took part in the vote – did. It is unlikely that they are unique in their discontent. If, though, Battistelli accedes to the Administrative Council’s request for an external review of the disciplinary measures he took, that will be seen as a significant dent to his authority.

[...]

We will have to wait to see how this plays out. But one thing is certain: Benoît Battistelli is under pressure like he never has been before; today his leadership of the EPO is in crisis.


If anyone can provide us information about the timing of the strike and why it does not coincide with the Administrative Council's meeting, we would truly appreciate it. No doubt Bergot and Battistelli can come up with all sorts of lies to sabotage -- in hope of altogether preventing -- the strike.

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