On October 7th, 2023, an extraordinary congress of the FNCTTFEL-Landesverband took place, where all delegates, i.e. 100%, voted for the definitive integration into the OGBL with effect from January 31st, 2024.

Some historical background

At an Extraordinary Congress held on December 2, 2019, the motion to provisionally integrate the FNCTTFEL-Landesverband into the OGBL was approved by 76.19% of the delegates present at the time. The delegates of the OGBL also voted in favor of this agreement at their Congress on December 6 and 7, 2019, with 99.6% approval.
The provisional integration of the Landesverband into the OGBL took effect on July 1, 2020, and was initially scheduled to last until December 31, 2024. At the end of 2024, each of the two syndicates had to decide whether to terminate the agreement or to integrate permanently into the OGBL.

Reason for early integration

The reason for the early integration of the FNCTTFEL-Landesverband into the OGBL is that, at the time of the integration document, the date for the 2024 social elections had not yet been set. Given that the social elections will take place in March 2024 and that the voters will therefore know before the elections which union they will be voting for, the Executive Committee of the FNCTTFEL-Landesverband has decided to propose to the delegates at an extraordinary congress that the definitive date of integration be brought forward to January 31, 2024, so that it can take part in the social elections in March 2024 as “Syndicat Chemins de Fer OGBL/FNCTTFEL-Landesverband” and not as FNCTTFEL-Landesverband.
It should be noted that after this integration, the Landesverband will not disappear from the trade union scene. On the contrary, it will continue to exist under a new structure within the OGBL.
However, after January 31, 2024, it will no longer operate as an autonomous union, but will carry out its activities within the OGBL in the autonomous Chemins de Fer OGBL/FNCTTFEL Syndicate, which will be created in 2020 for the entire CFL group and any other railway company, as well as in the two existing syndicates, the SEW/Landesverband teaching assistants and the Public Services OGBL/Landesverband Syndicate civil service.

Georges MERENZ
President FNCTTFEL

Josy BOURGGRAFF
Secretary General FNCTTFEL National Federation