The "Alicante Mafia" - Part VI - More Strikes Planned at the EPO, Starting This Month
In the prior parts of this series [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] we said we'd try to make this series overlap industrial actions.
SUEPO Munich wrote early this week about some changes to the schedule, in a message entitled "SUEPO Munich Action Plan for 2026 (Updated)".
There are industrial actions that grow after the initial announcement in Munich 12 days ago and here's the revised plan for Munich:
Unlike before, there is a strike planned for this month.
Here's the message that goes with the above:
Dear SUEPO members,
Dear Colleagues,The first technical meeting on the new “future orientations on the salary adjustment procedure” took place on 14 January and the Central Staff Committee (CSC) published immediately a report on the meeting.
In short, the Office intends to bring “financial sustainability” down to Eurozone (EZ) inflation ± 0.0% without any guarantee of maintenance of purchasing power nor any parallelism with civil servants. In addition, the proposal foresees the introduction of a new “safeguard clause” to prevent adjustments in case EZ inflation is considered too high and a “review clause” to give even less than EZ inflation in three years on.
Therefore, SUEPO Munich has updated the industrial action plan to be proposed to the assembly for adoption.
EPO staff worked well and faithfully during the last six years. Instead of being rewarded for their efforts, EPO staff saw an erosion of their salaries.
It is time to put an end to this policy. Support the SUEPO Munich Action Plan 2026.
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