On June 12, World Day against Child Labour, there is nothing to celebrate as we see a shocking rise in the numbers of working children. Progress to eliminate child labour was already slowing before the COVID-19 pandemic and the ILO and UNICEF are now projecting that...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) decided to maintain the existing classification of glyphosate: toxic to aquatic life but still no classification as a carcinogen, despite of even stronger scientific evidence than in 2015 when WHO’s International Agency for...
76 organisations joined up forces to express their deep concerns about the direction the negotiations within trilogues are taking on the reform of the agriculture statistics regulation and called upon Member States to support the European Parliament’s proposals...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
