*This article was published in November 2021 in response to promises made during Brussels, Karlsruhe and Ispra elections. Here are the Karlsruhe 2021 results.*
On allowances to cover the additional costs of teleworking and other promises
It is election time for many sites of the Commission and there are two unmistakable signs for this:
- Your inbox is filling with largely indistinguishable e-mails asking to vote for union X or union Y, because they have done SO MUCH for you in the last year (although for some of them, you cannot remember ever having seen any action or results).
- The e-mails contain a hodgepodge of measures that they are demanding, often defying any sense of reality: unicorns, rainbows, a guaranteed lottery win …
The local staff committee (LSC) elections for outside the Union, Ispra/Seville and Brussels have all had to be extended (see below).
Commission-wide, Generation 2004 has 
*Update 24.11.2023: Can any of you 
We are glad to invite you to the next Generation 2004 meeting dedicated to our members in Luxembourg. We would like to update you on recent developments and issues concerning our working environment, with a specific focus on Luxembourg issues. 
Uniform and fully democratic electoral rules throughout the Commission, synchronised electronic elections at all sites and, last but not least, a separate local staff committee 
In January a 
Rahm Emanuel, a former White House Chief of staff, is known for his quote about crisis management:
*Update 24.10.2024 We’re aware of 
Luxembourg staff has voted for a new Local Staff Committee (LSC) and the results of the elections have been published. Three lists were competing for the favour of voters: 