On behalf of Union Syndicale Luxembourg, bearing 90 signatures, on supposed discrimination and non-respect of the working rights in day-care centres of the European Institutions 

The petitioner represents the contractual agents being employees under Luxembourg law and temporary workers who work in Crèches-Garderies (day care centres) of the European institutions in Luxembourg. They ask the authorities of the European Union to support the actions they deem necessary for several reasons. They request equal treatment in terms of working conditions as regulated by the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, as well as to guarantee at least the respect of the national laws and the collective work agreements for the employees of the sector of the aid and care and the social sector (CCT SAS). They demand to abolish cases of social dumping, to ensure the principle of “equal work, equal pay” and to put an end to the disparate working conditions. Several types of contracts have coexisted in Crèches-Garderies for more than 10 years: employees of national law, contractual agents classified according to their employer (the function group III at the European Parliament, the function group II at the European Commission), long-term temporary workers (for several years in some cases), external service providers, and self-employed persons. In 2014, the internal employees’ representation (Union Syndicale Luxembourg) has been mandated to represent the petitioners and to take any action deemed necessary to find a solution to this situation.