EPO and "Equivalent to More Than 100 Days of Strike"
In a new publication from the EPO's Local Staff Committee The Hague they talk about the next strike and the effect of the strikes so far. To quote their message to staff:
What SAP 2027-2032 means for you
Dear SUEPO members, dear colleagues,
On 12 February, the Local Staff Committee The Hague presented an update on the new Salary Adjustment Procedure (SAP 2027–2032), the consultation with the Administration, what we are set to lose and what we can do about it.
See the slides
If this is what they do when all financial indicators are green, what will they do if they ever become red?
What can we do?Notes on industrial actions:
- Participate in work-to-rule: avoid overtime and voluntary tasks, focus on meticulous quality, prioritise intermediate actions, or issue refusals where appropriate;
- Register for the strike on 19 March: via myFIPS, where you normally register annual leave, by selecting “strike” as the leave type;
- Raise awareness: discuss the severe impact with your colleagues, share slides, encourage participation in industrial actions, set status in MS teams, email auto-reply, put a printed flyer on your office door, consider joiningthe union SUEPO to increase impact and weight in negotiations.
Conclusion
- One day of strike costs 1/30th of a monthly salary and allowances, i.e. roughly 0,3% of an annual salary.
- Losses over the past six years amount to around 29% of an annual salary, which is equivalent to more than 100 days of strike.
- Litigation cannot replace collective industrial actions. Both are necessary and complementary.
The Office has acknowledged the social unrest and in response made minor concessions. However, the changes made so far are completely inadequate for us to currently change course. We remain available for negotiations but will continue to support the industrial actions of SUEPO as long as social dialogue fails to deliver tangible and meaningful improvements.
In the meantime, we need your support to defend your employment conditions by actively joining the industrial actions.
These are the slides they are alluding to:
The industrial actions continue and already have a positive effect. █