18 December 2021 - On International Migrants Day, EFFAT celebrates millions of undocumented workers active along the EFFAT sectors and their supply chains, in agriculture, food processing, tourism and domestic work. As the pandemic continues to unfold, migrant...
Since the end of the quota period in 2017, the EU beet sugar sector has undergone an important period of transition, with low sugar prices leading to factory closures. Rethinking the future of the industry was the objective of an EFFAT (European Federation of Food,...
The European Commission proposal for a Directive on Platform Work ensures fairness to platform workers and gives them protection by clarifying their status as employees Brussels, 9 December 2021 – With the Proposal for a Directive on improving working conditions in...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women EFFAT joins the international organisations IUF and ETUC calling all governments to follow the leadership of France, Greece and Italy and to ratify the ILO C190 as a matter of urgency. Following the...
ACHIEVED! On 23 November 2021 the European Parliament in plenary adopted the new Common Agriculture Policy reform ( 2023-2027) with a solid majority in the EU Parliament today: CAP Strategic plans: 65,79% Horizontal Regulation: 70;49 CMO: 70,88 The new Common...
EFFAT joins this week’s Global Week of Action for Hotel Workers on 25-31 October 2021 under the slogan: Come Back Stronger/Regresar Más Fuertes With COVID-19 still raging, trade unions around the world are coming together this week to raise awareness of how hotel...
EFFAT applauds the European Parliament plenary adoption of the INI report on the Farm to Fork Strategy. With a strong majority (+452 – 170 and 76 abstentions), the European Parliament has put forward its demands on the Farm to Fork strategy, giving a strong signal to...
Following 9 October attack against CGIL headquarters in Rome, everyone at EFFAT sends much strength and solidarity to CGIL Confederation and our Italian affiliates ALPAA, Filcams and Flai. The brutal assault perpetuated by extremists from the right-wing and...
1 October 2021 - On Thursday, September 30th, leading officials of the European trade union federations EFFAT, EPSU, IndustriAll Europe and UNI Europa as well as the ETUC met with the cabinet of European Commissioner Thierry Breton (Internal Market). The purpose was...
In the framework of the European Labour Authority (ELA)’s campaign “Rights for all seasons”, EFFAT takes part in the Week of Action on Seasonal Work between 20 and 24 September. Throughout the week, an array of events and activities taking place across the EU between...
