Welcome to the Generation 2004 Newsletter of 17 June 2022.
Promotions, Promotions, Promotions!!! The promotion proposals season is upon us and the list of proposed colleagues will soon be published. If your name is on the list, congratulation, you will most surely be promoted this year. However, if you are not proposed but you believe you should be, then there is still hope because you may appeal against the non-proposal decision! In this case, to maximize your Promotion chances on appeal phase, make sure join us today in our conference on how to draft your appeal. We hope to see you there!
In today’s edition we also delve into the Local Agents hiring practices in the EU Delegations and how the current state of affairs demotivates colleagues big way.
We cast an eye over the current two crisis in the European Schools. In Brussels, two potentially damning reorganization plans are now under discussion; we look into the matter and explain what is at stake. The second crisis, that affects all European Schools is related to the precarious employment conditions of the locally recruited teachers.
Further, we look into a few things that make Contract Agents very frustrated with how the Commission treats them.
IT security is also covered, especially how the recently launched mandatory training and related policies seem to be a bit off the mark.
Finally, in older but still worthy news, we cover how Generation 2004’s proposal to reform the very defective Luxembourg Local Staff Committee electoral system, fell short of just a handful of votes to be adopted. It’s disappointing but we will not give up the fight!
That’s it now for now! Enjoy the reading and get in touch if you believe we can help!
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As noticed by many colleagues in Delegations, the recruitment procedures for vacant posts for Local Agents are advertised internally and externally at the same time. One cannot avoid asking: Why would management search by default for candidates externally, instead of first providing a path of career growth to its existing talent?
The Secretary General of the European Schools has recently started a discussion on the future of the European schools. To kick off the debate, a first draft of a paper on “Reflections on the future structure of the Brussels European Schools” (Ref.: 2022-05-D-en_1)” was presented and discussed at the meeting of the Enlarged group of the Steering Committee Brussels on 31 May 2022. 
One may rightfully assume that employees in the EU are protected by laws and instruments to limit precariousness. And while we know that in the European Commission we can find countless perverse counter examples, what you probably don’t know is that the European Schools (EURSC) take this to the next level. EURSC l
EPSO CAST vs. CAST PERMANENT
training to all Commission staff – as this includes your friendly 
Regular readers of our newsletter might remember that Generation 2004, together with several other trade unions, has tried to change the electoral rules for Luxembourg 