European Patent Office agreement with union that represents 1 percent of staffTrade Union Recognition Agreement • March 3rd, 2016
Contract Type FiledMarch 3rd, 2016After a year of negotiations, the criticised European Patent Office signed an agreement on official recognition of a trade union on Wednesday in Brussels. But this was not the largest union, SUEPO, which is refusing to sign in protest. The signatory is FFPE-EPO, which, with 75 members, represents 1 percent of the 7,000 employees.