On International Migrants Day, EFFAT celebrates all migrant workers that allow some of its sectors to thrive. Over the last year, they have exposed their lives to provide essential services and kept vital sections of the economy going through the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
At the end of the year, it is a tradition to look back to what EFFAT has achieved in the last 12 months. This year has been very special for all of us as a global pandemic has dominated our work, inflicting tremendous hardship to many of the workers we represent....
As Covid-19 vaccinations achieve regulatory approval in the EU, European trade union federation EFFAT and food manufacturers association FoodDrinkEurope have urged Member States to consider the food and drink workforce as a priority group in their vaccination plans....
EFFAT, EFFE, EFSI and UNI Europa are delighted by the announcement that the European Commission is progressing with the acquisition of a large number of doses of an anti-Covid19 vaccine that will then be distributed to Member States[1]. The Commission’s prioritising...
As slaughterhouses and meat processing plants have recently become major hot spots of COVID-19 outbreaks, workers in the meat industry now get finally the attention they deserve . Thanks to EFFAT affiliate NGG’s tireless work and pressure exerted over the years,...
Five urgent requests on EU-UK trade relations As the EU and UK trade negotiations seem be reaching a conclusion, Europe's farmers and agri-cooperatives, food manufacturers, traders, and agri-food sector workers have issued the following joint statement outing what...
A team of public health experts led by Dr. David Nabarro, co-director of the Institute for Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London and Strategic Director 4SD Switzerland, has produced a working paper for the IUF on the factors which make cold food processing...
HOTREC, the European umbrella association of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés, and its trade union counterpart EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, advise companies and employees to follow all necessary health and safety measures...
