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USHU GETS RESULTS
We continue to represent your best interests and intervene with Management to get improvements for all. By Ranjan Shrestha, Sunil Kumar...
Ranjan Shrestha
Jun 30, 20211 min read


How to make hardship posts more attractive
Article by Michael Steffens, European Union Delegation to Jordan (formerly Afghanistan) and Federico Romoli, European Union Delegation to...

Federico Romoli
Jun 27, 20216 min read


New Employment Conditions for Local Agents: More Communication and Time needed
Article written by Sunil Kumar, Sumeet Thakkar and Ranjan Shrestha Local Agents (LAs) contracts are currently governed by EU Framework...

Sunil Kumar
Jun 20, 20214 min read


Farewell to Dimitrije Stankovic, a colleague and friend
Dear Dimitrije, We met for the first time in the early 2000s at a plenary committee of the CLP HU. As a newly elected member, I was...

Noel Kamdem
Jun 12, 20212 min read


Covid-19 and Teleworking: Work-life balance for Local Agents in EU Delegations
Article written by Sunil Kumar, Ranjan Praktash Shrestha and Sumeet Thakkar USHU urges the EEAS to ensure a fair approach teleworking for...
Michael Steffens
Jun 10, 20213 min read


Home Leave 2021 & Follow-up of Annual Leave case
Article written by Michael Steffens and Helen Conefrey The euphoria concerning the ruling in December 2019 in relation Annual Leave was...
Michael Steffens
Jun 10, 20214 min read


Help us to demolish the institutional barriers and find a fair career path for Contract Agents
Article written by Helen Conefrey DG HR is in the final stages of a new HR strategy. CAs from both EU DEL and HQ have been actively...

Helen Conefrey
May 6, 20212 min read


Complementary Health Insurance
In Delegations, expatriate contracts are offered health coverage through the Joint Sickness Insurance (JSIS). While the coverage for most...
Michael Steffens
May 5, 20214 min read


ALL EU Delegation Staff need access to vaccines NOW
Article written by Michael Steffens and Helen Conefrey USHU urges the EEAS to take the necessary steps NOW to secure access in situ to...
Michael Steffens
May 5, 20212 min read


One Saga getting close to the end, Another soon to start
Article written by Dimitrije Stankovic The idea of adopting a new set of conditions of employment for Local Agents (LAs) in EU...

Dimitrije Stankovic
Mar 14, 20212 min read


Women have come a long way and deservedly
USHU Flash Newsletter by Helen Conefrey and Michael Steffens Women have come a long way and deservedly but we know the pandemic has...

Helen Conefrey
Mar 7, 20211 min read


Access to education – Never a Luxury
Those of you who have a child or several children of school age and have spent time in an EU Delegation in a third country,

Helen Conefrey
Feb 26, 20212 min read

“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” Rumi
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