On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and ahead of Global Week of Action for Hotel Housekeepers, EFFAT joins the IUF urging FIFA to protect hospitality workers, mostly women, in host hotels during the World Cup 2022. In a country well...
Brussels, 29 September 2022 – The European Care Strategy is at risk of excluding some of the most vulnerable frontline care workers. During a European Parliament event, employers and workers who provide personal and household care have emitted a joint call for the...
Tourism continues to show strong signs of recovery, international tourist arrivals are moving towards pre-pandemic levels, with arrivals in Europe reaching 74% of 2021 numbers in the first months of 2022. However, emerging from the pandemic shutdowns, the tourism...
Today, the European Parliament adopted the Directive on adequate minimum wages with an overwhelming majority: 505 MEPs in favour, 92 against and 44 abstentions, taking an important step towards increased workers’ rights. The provisional text includes the promotion of...
This week four young McDonalds' workers featured a dedicated hearing in the European Parliament hosted by MEP Manon Aubry (FR, The Left) and Maria Noichl (DE, S&D) to speak out about the corporation's global and systemic malpractice of sexual harassment and...
Brussels, 8 September 2022: EFFAT appreciates the European Commission’s recognition that Domestic Workers, many of whom are women and often with a migrant background, are subject to the poorest working conditions in the long-term care workforce. As defined by ILO...
EFFAT sets three demands for EU action to improve domestic workers' conditions in Europe Domestic workers are often behind our cleaned houses, cooked meals, and the care of our beloved ones. They play a key role in ensuring that we can enjoy an improved work-life...
With an overwhelming majority this week the European Parliament in Plenary adopted a resolution on towards a common European action on care, an important step forward towards the value, recognition and professionalisation of the domestic sector in Europe. The text...
EFFAT NEWSLETTER MARCH APRIL 2022
Commission sets ambitious reduction targets but more needed to ensure agri-workers' health and safety protection With a three-month delay, the European Commission has finally released its proposals for the Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products...
