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While Union Syndicale goes all the way back to the '60s, it did not become known as such until just over 30 years ago, in 1973.

In 1974, Union Syndicale Brussels threw its weight behind the establishment of Union Syndicale Fédérale, to which it is now affiliated.

Union Syndicale Brussels is the biggest of the organisations affiliated to the Federation. It has its headquarters in Brussels, and its members are drawn from all the European institutions and organisations.

Union Syndicale Brussels has thus inevitably become the principal, not to say ineluctable, port of call, when negotiation is required, for those in charge of administration and policy-making in the Commission, Council, European Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, Eurocontrol and European Parliament (in this last case together with Union Syndicale Luxembourg).

Through the work of its Executive Committee and Bureau, Union Syndicale Brussels deals with issues of interest to all institutions, and to the European Public Service as a whole. Issues of interest to a single institution are dealt with by « delegating » to an Executive Committee made up of members from the institution concerned.

The objectives Union Syndicale Brussels sets itself and the basic principles underlying all its activities are indistinguishable from those of Union Syndicale Fédérale.

Union Syndicale Brussels representatives are present in the Staff Committees of all the institutions. They either make up the majority or form a part of the majority coalition in all of them, and Union Syndicale representatives chair the Staff Committees in Commission, Council and the Economic and Social Committee.