LSC elections in Ispra and Seville - Oooops! R&D did it again!
LSC elections in Ispra and Seville
Oooops! R&D did it again!
For an unprecedented 4th time in a row, R&D was again the most voted Trade Union in the Local Staff Committee (LSC) elections in Ispra and Seville (17/11/24 – 4/12/24).
AnotherR&Dimension and Seville Voice registered together almost 43% of all votes!
The staff sent once again a clear message of appreciation, trust and confidence to our candidates, recognising their work, seriousness, transparency and dedication in addressing staff issues
THANK YOU! We thank those who supported us, and we will appreciate even more, if those who didn’t vote for us share with us their concerns. No matter these reasons, our battles will continue!
These results consolidate the role of Federal R&D as the leading Trade Union
in the Social Dialogue of the European civil service!
The guidelines for new ways of working, anti-harassment, and missions were discussed at the highest level and implemented in the past three years. We have made sure that the Ispra and Seville site-specific issues were considered and supported the physical visits of the Central Staff Committee to these sites. We have worked in detail regarding the access to the Italian Health system and the understanding of the local coefficient, incl. urgent measures to mitigate the negative impact on staff. In Seville, R&D has underlined its support via the Seville Voice list towards developing the new building and establishing an own Local Staff Committee, which would put this site in the same conditions as the others. The collaboration of R&D colleagues in the Local and Central Staff Committees asserted staff interests towards the administration, avoiding that unreasonable, detrimental to staff, decisions were taken.
We are all the more proud that these results have been achieved without renouncing the common values that constitute the basis for action of all R&D sections. Federal R&D , the first union at the level of all institutions is above all a community of values!
R&D has not worked in isolation! For R&D it has never been a matter of boasting of being the leading Trade Union by dividing the staff representation: we have always JOINED FORCES with all Unions based on an attitude of mutual respect.
Hence, the R&D sections in the different Local Staff Committees extend their sincere gratitude to the colleagues from JRC Ispra and Seville for this remarkable success, which came notwithstanding the challenging timing and political circumstances. In the light of budget constraints, ever increasing workloads and new priorities in the Commission, it is important that we all stand together. These results will add to the ones from the European Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economical and Social Committee and many other Institutions confirming the highest positioning of R&D as the leading trade union of the European Institutions!
Standing up for one set of Staff Regulations for all institutions and places of employment, protecting the rights of the colleagues, the equality of treatment, the transparency of procedures, fighting against abuses, preventing the erosion of the service ... always at the heart of the R&D action.
For R&D, standing up for a scingle set of Staff Regulations and protecting the values on which our civil service is based have never been, are not, and will never be an empty slogan! In all negotiations, we highlight the best practices of each institution and demand equal treatment of colleagues regardless of their institution or place of employment.
Within each institution and in all places of employment, we demand transparency of procedures, we oppose abuses and "parachuting" .... we defend the rights of colleagues by also offering the help of a pool of specialized lawyers to guide, help and serve you better.
Solidarity always at the heart of R&D action
Solidarity being the foundation of our joint action, we do not spare our efforts to assist and defend our colleagues in precarious situations, without ever making deceptive promises, nor playing demagoguery.
Cristiano SEBASTIANI,
President
LSC Elections - make your voice heard!
From 18th - 20th of November, all the
statutory staff will be invited to vote for the new composition of the
Ispra/Seville Local Staff Committee (LSC). The LSC
has a fundamental role in the defence of staff rights
and plays a key part in the verification of the correct application of the
Staff Regulations and other local provisions. Please find here a guide how the LSC
elections work.
R&D Ispra will be
present as list
5 - anotheR&Dimension.
It is of paramount importance to have a strong and reliable Staff
Committee. For that reason we are asking to renew your trust in us and
support our guidance of the Local Staff Committee that we have had during the last
three-year mandate, thanks also to the concrete work of the elected members of anotheR&Dimension. Please find below the list of our candidates
and a summary of our programme. A more detailed programme is available here.
The Staff Committees ensure the application of the Staff Regulations.
Voting for their composition is a right and a duty of each one of us;
don't miss the chance to make your voice heard!
Electronic vote at the next LSC elections: we want it. What about you?
You agree with us? Make your voice heard!
Some more background information…
- Trade Unions in favour of "easy voting" from your office: R&D Ispra, FFPE Ispra, U4U and Generation 2004
- Trade Unions against "easy voting" from your office: US Ispra/Seville, TAO-AFI Ispra, Save Europe Ispra/Seville, CISL/FIR, SFIE and ISCA Ispra/Seville
What are the advantages of the electronic vote?
- Each staff member votes from a PC at their workplace – no need to move to the polling station and no more queuing. Each voter is responsible for the confidentiality of his own vote. We fully trust that our colleagues in Ispra and Seville, like those of Brussels, Luxembourg and EEAS, are able to guarantee the correctness of the electoral process.
- With an electronic voting system, no void or null votes can be made involuntarily (such as, for instance, the indication of more than 21 individual preferences, or the vote for a list combined with individual preferences).
- Results would be immediately available at the end of the voting process, with no risk of involuntary mistakes of the scrutiny and need for recounts.
- No more need for the costs of a mission to Seville to seal the ballot box and bring it to Ispra for the scrutiny.
- Participation in the electoral process may increase, thanks to the easier access to the voting system.
Election of the new Local Staff Committee 2015-2018
