EFFAT NEWSLETTER MARCH APRIL 2022
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IWMD 2022 | If you work in agriculture, you’re twice as likely to die at work: That’s not fair and must stop.
Today, on International Workers’ Memorial Day, EFFAT reminds that despite employing half of the world population, the agriculture sector remains one of the highest fatalities. As the ILO confirms, farm workers run at least twice the risk of dying on the job as workers...

Out Now! – EU Sugar Corporate Social Responsibility Report
EFFAT and the European Sugar Producers (CEFS), released the Sixteenth EU Sugar Corporate Social Responsibility Report as a result of the joint commitment to improving the sustainability of the sugar sector. As the report covers the years 2020 and 2021, the focus of...

Kremlin’s Invasion of Ukraine – EFFAT initiatives for Peace
As the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine unfolds and Russian shells and bombs continue to explode in Ukrainian residential neighborhoods, hospitals, universities, and among innocent civilians, EFFAT has joined the trade union movement and mobilised in support of our...

Care workers and providers stand for a European Care Strategy inclusive of Migrants
EFFAT together with stakeholders in the care and PHS sectors has released joint recommendations for the inclusions of migrants in the forthcoming European Care Strategy and accompanying Council recommendations, both as workers and providers of care as well as care...

Tackling undeclared work in the PHS sector
On March 2022, PHS Social Partners issued a set of recommendations calling Member States, the European Labour Authority and the European Commission to implement concrete actions that will contribute to the reduction of undeclared work in PHS. EFFAT, EFFE, EFSI and UNI...

Joint HOTREC-EFFAT Statement on Ukraine
16 March 2022 | HOTREC and EFFAT, the European social partners in the hospitality sector, condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and deplore the loss of lives and the human suffering. The attack is a flagrant violation of international laws and agreements, and of...

The relaunch of tourism needs a more sustainable and socially responsible vision: A letter to the EU French Presidency
EFFAT and its French affiliates write to EU French Presidency ahead of upcoming Ministerial Conference of Tourism Ministers 14 March 2022 | Ahead of the upcoming 17 March 2022 Informal Ministerial Conference of Tourism Ministers in Dijon, EFFAT, together with its...

Employers and Trade Unions in the PHS sectors join forces and adopt new strategy to raise the profile of the sector in Europe
EFFAT – EFFE – EFSI – UNI-Europa joint Press Release Employers and Trade Unions in Personal and Household Services (PHS) sealed their commitment towards increased recognition for the PHS sectors - which employs almost 5% of the entire EU workforce- by adopting a...

Social Partners launch the Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tool in the agriculture sector
Today, representatives of the European Social Partners in Agriculture, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) and the Employers’ Group of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the European Union (GEOPA), have officially...