Digital technology in all its forms, is drastically changing the face of manufacturing in the food and drink industry. Increasingly, due to product innovation and market competitiveness, new skills are required in a wide range of areas. EFFAT and FoodDrinkEurope...
The final conference of EFFAT bioeconomy project took place in Brussels on 3 October. The project focused on the implications of bioeconomy in terms of job creation and required skills of workers in the food and agriculture sectors, and also considered linkages with...
EFFAT, the European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism trade unions, is deeply concerned by the US decision to impose a 25% tariffs on several EU agri food products. Following a 15 years long legal dispute over subsidies given by European Governments to...
Under the slogan - Invest in Care - World Day of Decent Work this year sheds a light on the hard and vital work of domestic and care workers in Europe. Both are amongst the fastest growing sectors in Europe. Yet, they belong to the most vulnerable groups. Working...
Over the last four decades our world has undergone major changes. The technological revolution has shortened distance between people, countries and organizations and has led to many improvements in our daily lives. Society has never been so advanced as today regarding...
20 September 2019 marks the start of a week of climate protests around the world ahead of a major United Nations summit in New York on September 27. Today EFFAT stands together with millions walking out of workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the...
NGG workers at the Hamburg plant of Barry Callebaut, won a long fought battle for some of their key trade unions rights. Although contemplated in their general collective agreement of confectionery industry, workers were denied of equal treatment on pay, working time...
In a short matter of time people from all of around Europe will gather in Zagreb for the 5th EFFAT Congress. People from different countries, organizations and backgrounds joining together for the benefit and future of our European federation. Our federation consists...
On occasion of the annual ETUC EWC Conference, EFFAT joined the other trade union federations and the ETUC demanding more democracy at work for a sustainable and more balanced corporate government. Different organisations signed a statement calling for new EU...
