Today the European Trade Union Institute ( ETUI) , in collaboration with EFFAT, has released the latest HesaMag #23, the ETUI publication about health and safety at work, released twice a year, in English and French. This edition offers an insight into the daily lives...
EFFAT jointly with the ETUC, EFBWW, ETF, EPSU, UNIEuropa and industriAll sent a letter and a joint paper, including a call for action and concrete proposals, to introduce new digital tools for enforcing mobile workers’ rights in the Internal Market. The letter was...
On 7- 8 May 2021, representatives of the EU Institutions, EU heads of states and social partners, will come together to shape the European social policy agenda for the years to come and reinforce their commitment to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social...
With 1 in 3 people working from home, and those at the workplace taking special precautions, COVID-19 shows the life and death importance of health and safety at work. Among the 530,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the European Union* are uncounted thousands of workers...
11 associations and trade unions representing the European hospitality industry and its value chain warmly welcome this week’s discussions at EU level on the survival of the sector. COVID-19 severely impacted the hospitality industry and its value chain, with...
Trade unions judge it unacceptable and misleading to refer to workers’ rights as red tape Brussels – 14 April 2021 - A new harvesting season has started but very little has changed for agricultural workers in Europe: undeclared work, poverty wages, deplorable health...
Ahead of the next round of collective bargaining negotiations on 29 March 2021, EFFAT is sending solidarity and much strength to all of its NGG affiliates in the meat sector fighting for better wages and working conditions. Last year’s COVID-19 outbreaks in several...
This International Women’s Day, EFFAT joins the international organisations IUF and ETUC calling all governments to promptly ratify the ILO Convention 190, coming into force on 25 June 2021. As the first International Labour Standard to address violence and harassment...
Over 60 travel and tourism organisations unveil concrete recommendations for re-opening travel & tourism in Europe, including creation of Commission-led Task Force to restore freedom of movement. The European Tourism Manifesto alliance, a group of more than 60...
A movement of 300+ organisations and personalities urges EU CAP funds to be conditional on the respect for labour rights in agriculture. Brussels – 17 February 2021: As the interinstitutional negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are...
