EFFAT supports the ETUC, TUs and civil society organisations in the process of lobbying on Public Country-by-Country reports from Multinational companies. The EC Directive imposes all multinationals (with turnover above 750 million euros) with activities in Europe...
Since last October, fast-food workers in Germany have been in a conflict with employers over fair pay and a living wage. In collective bargaining with the German food workers union NGG, the companies have offered a wage which is considerably below what the German...
Dear Supporter, Almost 24000 brothers and sisters in the Spanish poultry and rabbit meat sector are facing extremely precarious working conditions. Although the sector continues to thrive, the problem is the contractual weakness in price fixing among the players in...
Two-hundred hotel workers at Sheraton Brussels hotel in Belgium have paid the price of a conflict between the owner, the UK-based property group International Real Estate Ltd, and Starwood, recently bought by Marriott. The hotel owner and Starwood could not agree on...
The European Commission is finally ready to listen to workers and citizens. It currently seeks our opinion on how to make Europe more social again. Social Rights First! Trade Unions have worked out a plan to put social rights before the interests of big business and...
In January 2016, three EFFAT member organisations filed petitions to the European Parliament’s Petition Committee: BFAWU, UK, criticises McDonald’s for abuse of zero-hour contracts in the UK, which are weakening workers’ rights, as they have no guaranteed working...
On 5th July the College of Commissioners is expected to present its decision on the legal nature of the EU-Canada free trade deal. The College has to decide whether the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada will be presented to the EU member...
On the fifth anniversary of ILO Convention C189 on decent work for domestic workers adopted on 16 June 2011, the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), which affiliated as a special group to the IUF in May 2014, launched the “My Fair Home” Campaign, asking...
EFFAT has received from the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) an appeal to support the European Citizens’ Initiative Fair Transport Europe and we are asking your support to collect 1 million signatures by 14th September. Transport is vital to all Europeans....
The Swedish Food Workers Union (Livs) is fighting plans to shut down the Findus frozen food factory in Bjuv, which would throw 450 workers out of a job and devastate the many hundreds of farmers who supply the plant. On March 31, the CEO of Nomad Foods, an investment...
