In the spotlight
New Joint Report: AI & Social Dialogue in the EU Beet Sugar Sector
Together with CEFS, EFFAT is proud to launch the 18th joint CSR report, this year focused on a topic reshaping our industry: the integration of Artificial Intelligence. The EU beet sugar sector isn't just an economic pillar - producing - 50% of global beet sugar -...
Catering Workers Take to the Streets for Fairer Public Procurement
Catering workers today rallies along hundreds of other workers in cleaning security and logistics, demanding an overhaul of the EU's public procurement rules that have negatively shaped their pay, their hours, and the quality of the food served in Europe's schools,...
#TooHotToWork: Trade Unions Demand Binding EU Rules on Workplace Heat Protection
As this week's heatwave hits, EFFAT-EPSU-EFBWW present their Model Directive, warning that heat is a daily occupational hazard, not a one-off summer event. Brussels, 25 June 2026 | As temperatures rise across Europe, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and...
Friesland Campina Leeuwarden: Workers Strike for Fair Compensation
Today, more than 200 dairy workers at FrieslandCampina Leeuwarden will strike, continuing a wave of labour actions across the Dutch dairy sector. The issue While FrieslandCampina reports record profits, workers are seeing their purchasing power being eroded. EFFAT's...

































