Its means
These aims are pursued, inter alia, by the following means (SAPC, I.1.3) :
- Concertation and collective negotiation of the working and employment conditions of the CERN staff.
- Participation in the drawing up of statutory rules.
- Collective and individual representation, training and information of its members and all CERN staff inside
and outside the Organization. - Appointment of representatives and the proposal of candidates for elected office on the various committees
on which the staff is represented and to which it has access. - Assistance in individual or collective disputes concerning employment, working and welfare conditions.
- In the event of labour disputes, recourse to collective action, including concerted work stoppages.
- Maintaining of relations and cooperation with groups having a similar purpose, established within other
International Organizations or in CERN Member States or those States with which it has relations and,
where appropriate, affiliation to such groups. - Establishment, within the Association, of a « CERN Pensioners’ Association » to which the beneficiaries of
the CERN Pension Fund, former CERN staff members and eligible former CERN staff members. - Establishment, within the Association or under its aegis, of cultural, humanitarian, sports and recreation
clubs. - Establishment of non-profit-making undertakings for the purpose of obtaining material or social benefits for
its members.