Amsterdam, 26 April 2024: On 24 and 25 April, German NGG, Dutch FNV and French FO trade unions met in Amsterdam to discuss strategy and engagement with platform companies. Following Wednesday's landmark vote in the European Parliament on the EU Platform Directive, the...
A United Call on the EU for Improved Conditions for Meat Workers across the Continent Berlin, 16 April 2024 – At a conference in Berlin, The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) successfully concluded the EU-wide project...
An agreement in principle has been found for the establishment of a new European Works Council in the family owned French transnational company LDC. LDC is the largest poultry meat company in France and operates in Europe with production plants based in Poland,...
9 April 2024: EFBWW, EFFAT, and ETF have joined forces to confront the common challenges of abusive subcontracting, unregulated labour intermediaries, and insufficient enforcement of existing workers' rights within their sectors. These issues underpin high levels...
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...
