Catering workers today rallies along hundreds of other workers in cleaning security and logistics, demanding an overhaul of the EU's public procurement rules that have negatively shaped their pay, their hours, and the quality of the food served in Europe's schools,...
As this week's heatwave hits, EFFAT-EPSU-EFBWW present their Model Directive, warning that heat is a daily occupational hazard, not a one-off summer event. Brussels, 25 June 2026 | As temperatures rise across Europe, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and...
Today, more than 200 dairy workers at FrieslandCampina Leeuwarden will strike, continuing a wave of labour actions across the Dutch dairy sector. The issue While FrieslandCampina reports record profits, workers are seeing their purchasing power being eroded. EFFAT's...
While EU leaders meet in Brussels on 18-19 June to discuss competitiveness and deregulation, more than 10,000 workers from across Europe gathered in Madrid for a different vision: investment, social justice, and quality jobs for all. The "Rally for Quality Jobs,...
The European Parliament has just voted to adopt the Return Regulation, despite explicit and urgent warnings from the European trade union movement and civil society organisations. This is not a victory for "control." It is a profound defeat for human dignity and the...
On International Domestic Workers Day, EFFAT celebrates and honours all domestic workers across Europe and around the world. Every day, domestic workers provide essential care and household services to families, children, older persons, and people with disabilities....
Today at the European Parliament, EFFAT contributed to the debate on Decent Work for All: Advancing the Rights of Domestic Workers in the EU, ahead of the upcoming own-initiative report to be led by MEP Catarina Martins (The Left). Domestic work is a cornerstone of...
Happy 1st of May! Today is our day, brothers and sisters. A day to celebrate what working people have won through struggle and solidarity, and to look ahead with confidence to face the challenges before us. This First of May, we stand together at a moment when the...
Heat deaths are not accidents they are failures of policy. Brussels, 28 April 2026 : On International Workers' Memorial Day, EFFAT joins the global labour movement in remembering workers who have lost their lives at work. This year, as we honour those we have lost,...
The sugar sector in Europe is under high pressure, companies are not making profits, production is slowing down and workers are losing their jobs. Six companies closed across Europe since the beginning of 2025 alone, meaning more than 1000 jobs lost. These figures...
