The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW), the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT), the IndustriAll European Trade Union, the European Public Services Union (EPSU)...
The European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) strongly condemns Lieferando Austria's decision to dismantle its employed courier model, laying off around 1000 delivery riders and 65 operational staff. This abrupt shift to a freelance...
Brussels 13 March 2025: Today, the European Parliament has backed EFFAT’s demand for an EU Directive to tackle the exploitation of workers in subcontracting chains and labour intermediation in the report The motion for a resolution 'Social and employment aspects of...
On Friday 7 March, the social partners of the SSDC Sugar (CEFS and EFFAT) called on the European Member States and the European Parliament not to give the green light to the EU-Mercosur agreement as negotiated. At a time when the EU's domestic beet sugar sector is...
Brussels, 8 March 2025 - This International Women's Day, EFFAT stresses its key findings from our comprehensive report – "Understanding Gender Inequalities in EFFAT Sectors" – bringing into sharp focus the persistent gender inequalities across food, agriculture,...
Brussels, 19 February 2025 – EFFAT welcomes the European Commission's vision for the future of the agri-food sector up to 2040. The text marks a step forward in recognising the importance of fair working and living conditions and collective bargaining in agriculture...
Brussels 12 February 2025: The Commission's work programme for 2025, published today, is a missed opportunity for a fair and balanced approach between economic development and social sustainability in the EU. While there is a strong emphasis on competitiveness and...
Brussels 4 February 2025 - EFFAT today took part in the inaugural meeting of the European Board on Agriculture and Food (EBAF), a new initiative led by the European Commission to foster cooperation between stakeholders in the food supply chain and civil society to...
Cargill, the global agribusiness giant, revealed at the beginning of December plans to reduce its global workforce by 5%, amounting to approximately 8,000 employees. This decision marks the company’s largest restructuring initiative in the past 25 years, with Europe...
EFFAT has officially sent a letter to the European Commission, urging to uphold corporate accountability and reject any attempts to weaken key EU sustainability regulations. Representing 2.6 million workers in some of the most precarious sectors—where labour rights...
