ECB workload unsustainable, says union

Article reported that as it grappled with the eurozone economic crisis the European Central Bank was confronted by a problem within its Frankfurt headquarters: staff anger at the resulting extra workload.

Ipso, the union among ECB staff, wrote to Mario Draghi, the bank’s president, in the summer of 2012, to warn of risks from a growing number of long-term absences and stress-related illness. It wanted the bank to recruit more staff.

IPSO is the only recognised union at the ECB and its members account for more than 40% of staff.

Website: International and European Public Services Organisation (IPSO) http://ipso.de/

EUObserver, 30.7.12: The European Central Bank: a hamstrung firefighter http://euobserver.com/1025/117010

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