What is the Common Front/Front Commun?

Collaborative action across the list of trade unions and staff associations (including us!).

This is not an entity that stands in elections. ‘Common Front/Front Commun’ is the name given to the majority of trade unions and staff associations (OSPs) together when we work on common action (‘Front Commun’).

Here are examples of recent Common Front notes, click to enlarge images.

• on EPSO competition EPSO/AST/154/2 ^[1], 25.01.2023

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• on the harassment decision ^[4], 12.01.2023

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• clarification on several aspects of the draft decision on the implementation of working time and flexible working ^[7], 20.01.2022

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What is the Alliance, what is USF? OSP groupings are explained here ^[10]. Note that we are listed in order of representativeness ^[11] (or overall share of the vote across all elections): 37%, 33%, 16% and 15%.

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[1] Note that the graphic/header used in the notes does not always correspond to the signatories listed.

We can find no set configuration of OSPs corresponding to the title ‘Common Front’.

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The Common Front/Front Commun describes collaborative action across the list of trade unions and staff associations (including us!).

This is not an entity that stands in elections. \'Common Front/Front Commun\' is the name given to the majority of trade unions and staff associations (OSPs) together when we work on common action (‘Front Commun’).  For more information ^[12].

We can find no set configuration of OSPs corresponding to the title \'Common Front\' nor is there a place where notes/collaboration are shared.'); toolTips('.classtoolTips37','Alliance (‘Confederal Alliance of Free Trade Unions’)

Click for a bigger image.

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This is a grouping of 7 entities:

1. Renouveau & Démocratie (R&D ^[14]) [shown here with additional logo for R&D Luxembourg]


2. Conférence des syndicats européens et syndicat des fonctionnaires européens (Conf. SFE ^[15]) [+CISL, see published source ^[10]: Represented by 2 separate logos in the graphic]


3. Union syndicale Luxembourg (USL ^[16])


4. Solidarité européenne (SE ^[17]) [possibly obsolete, no longer represented in the graphic]


5. Save Europe ^[18]


6. Association des fonctionnaires indépendants pour la défense de la fonction publique européenne (TAO-AFI ^[19]) [\'TAO The independents\' in the graphic]


7. Fédération de la Fonction publique européenne (FFPE)

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