Translation of "confédération générale du travail du luxembourg " (French → English) :

69. Notes that, in 2010, there were 33 200 missions (official trips) representing a total of 98 629 mission days, most of them involving travel between Parliament's three places of work; reiterates the need to avoid unnecessary missions between the three working places and the costs they entail with more systematic and documentary justifications and better monitoring; requests that the Secretary General report, as part of the discharge procedure, on any savings made as a result of further rationalisation and on further initiatives that have been taken or that are in preparation leading to fewer missions; is further of the opinion that ...[+++], in general, no committee meeting should take place in Strasbourg with the exception of those committees of which the agenda is directly linked to the reports or discussions on that week's part session's agenda; encourages the Court of Auditors to further analyse the existing mission procedures and to provide recommendations in order to improve their efficiency; asks the Secretary-General specifically to review the posts based outside of Brussels, particularly for those staff members who undertake repeated missions to Brussels, to ascertain if they need to be relocated; suggests that the agreement with the Luxembourg authorities, which fixes the number of Parliament staff based in Luxembourg without regard to any evolving needs of Parliament, may need to be revised;

17. Welcomes the adoption of the general law on prohibition of discrimination in employment or provision of public services, banning discrimination on any grounds other than merit, as an important step in establishing the legal framework conducive to fighting discrimination; notes, however, possible remaining shortcomings in the law and calls for their rectification; underlines that vulnerable groups such as Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians and persons with disabilities still allegedly suffer discrimination and that discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity widely persists, including on the part of state authorities; urges the Montenegrin authorities to strengthen the implementation mechanisms for preventing, mon ...[+++]itoring, sanctioning and prosecuting discrimination cases; is concerned that the labour rights of disabled persons are not fully respected and welcomes in this regard the Memorandum dealing with the situation on the labour market for disabled persons signed by the Confederation of Trade Unions of Montenegro (CTUM) and NGOs;

The World Confederation of Labour's call for action and concern of March 2003 focused on Pedro Pablo Alvarez Ramos, the secretary-general of the CUTC.

For example, the following material was used: information from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (the Bilbao Agency), the views of employers’ representatives (UNICE), the views and studies of the European Trade Union Technical Bureau for health and safety, the views of the employees’ representative group at the Luxembourg consultative committee, the views of the European Trade Union Confederation, the national reports of Member States and other analyses, information, studies and the like.

The advocates of this relocation of the Secretariat-General from Luxembourg to Brussels are naturally unconcerned about the social and human implications of such a move for the officials and their families, many of whom have lived in Luxembourg for decades and have bought houses there; our officials have children at school there and spouses who work there.

The leaflet was produced with the help of private sponsors (see attached list), which means that it can be distributed widely (*) Directorate-General for information, Communication and Culture, Publications Division - 2 - 1988 EDITION OF "TRAVELLING IN EUROPE" (List of Sponsors) COUNTRY SPONSORS BELGIUM Crédit Communal de Belgique DENMARK FDM (Motoring organization) Eurocard - Eurocheque Denmark - "Metal" (trade union magazine) SPAIN 15 regional and local saving banks FRANCE "Tourisme et Communication" (montly magazine) GREECE ETHNIKI (insurance company) IRELAND Allied Irish Banks ITALY CONFCOMMERCIO (Wholesalers' and retailers' federation) ERG (oil company) LUXEMBOURG Banque Générale ...[+++] du Luxembourg PORTUGAL BESCL (Banco Espiritio Santo e Commercial de Lisboa)