EPO Examiner Strike

According to Ingrid Marson writing for ZDNet UK "Wolfgang Manntz, the chair of the Berlin branch of the EPO staff union, told ZDNet UK that a half-day strike was held in Munich and a full-day strike in Berlin. . . . A spokesman for the EPO confirmed the strike had taken place and said it had been "followed by a large majority of EPO staff."

According to Alison Abbott writing for Nature.com on May 9, 2006, the strike was called because

The EPO is planning to introduce a new system of assessing their work next
year. . . . Rather than simply accumulating 'points' for each file
completed, examiners will be graded against objectives, agreed with their
line-manager, that take into account more aspects of the examining
process. . . . Further actions may be planned.