The agreement on the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability #DueDiligence found by Member States last Friday and confirmed yesterday by the EP JURI Committee is a great victory for the protection of the environment, for local communities, and for millions of workers...
Yesterday, the Council finally approved the agreement reached on February 8, 2024, between the Council Presidency and the European Parliament on the Platform Work Directive. EFFAT welcomes this new legal framework, which will help improve the situation of food...
EFFAT Urgently Appeals to Acknowledge Unpaid Domestic Work for the Collective Benefit of Women International Women’s Day (IWD) serves as a platform to expose persisting gender disparities. This year, EFFAT focuses on a critical issue – unpaid Domestic and Care Work. ...
EFFAT urges to strengthen Social Conditionality at EP hearing on the future of CAP Ahead of the EU elections and the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, EFFAT organised a hearing this week supported by MEP Maria Noichl (S&D) and MEP Martin Häusling (The...
Ahead of the next EU elections EFFAT is launching #CallingEU, five demands for a new EU mandate that prioritizes the protection and the wellbeing of workers. As Europe faces the choice between embracing an ambitious social and inclusive agenda or veering towards...
Today, our General Secretary, Kristjan Bragason, actively participated in the inaugural Strategic Dialogue with the food sector—as announced by Ursula Von der Leyen during her September State of the Union address. EFFAT welcomes the decision to convene various...
Today the European Commission has issued its proposal for long-awaited amendments to the EWC Directive. EFFAT welcomes them, yet expresses disappointment over limited ambition regarding franchising and enforcement. The changes proposed today go in the right direction...
On 16 January 16 2024, EFFAT will host the Mid-Term Conference of the #MeatTheStandards projects. This event stands as a cornerstone in EFFAT’s ongoing dialogue to enhance public and institutional awareness regarding working conditions in the meat sector. In the past...
EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions, applauds the political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). This crucial law can address labour abuses in supply chains and franchise networks....
The European social partners in agriculture, EFFAT and GEOPA-COPA, representing the interests of workers and employers in the sector, have spoken with one voice on the need to work together to mitigate the effects of severe weather conditions on agriculture. Global...
