On 31 October the general secretaries of the IUF and IndustriALL Global signed, with the CEO of Unilever, a joint memorandum on union rights. In the text the parties agree on the establishment of a permanent platform for ensuring that throughout Unilever's worldwide...
On 3 November 2018, Equal Pay Day, EFFAT reflects on why women‘s significant progress in terms of educational achievements and career possibilities does not correspond to gender parity and equal pay at the work place. 16,2%: this is the current gender pay gap in...
On 2 October 2018 the Government of Hungary submitted an action for annulment (pursuant to Art. 263 TFEU) to the European Court of Justice, to contest the recently adopted revision of the Posting of Workers Directive. On 3 October also the Polish government did the...
Brussels, 16 October 2018 – On World Food Day, EFFAT is calling for the enforcement of decent working conditions for all workers that contribute to bringing food to our table as a key to guarantee food security and food rights across the planet. EFFAT is voicing its...
EFFAT, representing employees of the EU sugar sector, and CEFS, representing EU sugar manufacturers, unite to sound the alarm about the extreme crisis on the European sugar market. EU white sugar prices are now at their lowest since records began over twelve years...
It is often said that the bioeconomy can tackle food and energy grand challenges. With its newly published bioeconomy action plan the European Commission has the ambition to develop a more innovative and low-emissions economy, reconciling demands for sustainable...
Hotel housekeepers and their unions will be taking action around the globe in the week of 8-14 October 2018. This year, unions will be focusing on the need for negotiated measures to tackle the routine sexual harassment which threatens housekeepers’ safety and...
The current European Commission and Parliament have until May 2019 to ‘change the rules’ to promote decent work for people across the EU who are getting increasingly disillusioned over precarious work, poor wages, and growing inequality. After the European elections...
On 4 October 2018, fast food workers all over the globe are rising up to demand their right to a union, better working conditions and a living wage. In the UK, a growing number of workers is coming out in support of hospitality workers' strikes on 4 October 2018, with...
he EFFAT Coca-Cola coordination group gathered together on 19 June to discuss the restructuring processes in the European Coca-Cola System as well as the current EWC negotiations in Coca Cola European Partners. The meeting was also an opportunity to present and...
