EFFAT Newsletter JUNE 2020
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Worker involvement in managing the Covid-19 crisis – Joint statement of the ETUC and ETUFs industriAll Europe, UNI Europa, EFFAT, EPSU, ETF, EFBWW
Time is running out: Concrete and rapid actions needed to enforce rights to worker involvement in anticipating and managing the COVID-19 crisis impact Three months after the COVID-19 health crisis hit the world and thousands lost their lives, the European Union is now...
EFFAT meat sector report: poor conditions to blame for spread of Covid-19
A new EFFAT report identifies the appalling working, employment and housing conditions affecting thousands of meat workers in many countries across Europe as the reasons why meat processing plants have become vectors for the spread of Covid-19. Launched today, the...
EFFAT welcomes European Parliament resolution on cross-border and migrant workers
EFFAT welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of a resolution on the rights of cross-border and migrant workers. The food, agriculture and tourism sectors are host to the vast majority of seasonal, cross-border and migrant workers in Europe. In the context of...
International Domestic Workers Day – essential work too long undervalued
On International Domestic Workers Day 2020, trade unions and allied domestic workers’ groups are foregrounding the essential, but often undervalued or overlooked efforts of domestic workers in Europe and across the globe. No workers have been immune to the coronavirus...
World Day Against Child Labour – EFFAT adds its voice to the global call to end child labour
This Friday, 12 June 2020, EFFAT and allies throughout the global trade union movement mark World Day Against Child Labour. The focus this year is on the impact on child labour of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the...
General Secretary's Solidarity Message to Öz Gıda-İş and workers at Turkish tea factory
On behalf of EFFAT, I wish to express our solidarity and support to Öz Gıda-İş and their representatives working to protect the rights of seasonal workers at a tea production factory in Pazar, Turkey. According to our affiliate, eleven seasonal workers have been...
EFFAT Newsletter (end of) MAY 2020
EFFAT Newsletter (end of) MAY 2020
Farm to Fork First Thoughts – promising elements but lacks effective actions to deliver social goals
Based on a preliminary assessment, EFFAT welcomes aspects of today’s long-awaited publication of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, but regrets that it leaves many social questions unanswered. Responding to the announcement, EFFAT’s General Secretary, Kristjan Bragason,...
European Tourism Manifesto statement: Commission Guidelines are paving the way to recovery for European tourism
The European Tourism Manifesto alliance, the voice of the European travel and tourism sector, issued on 20 May 2020 the following statement on the European Commission’s guidance on how to safely resume travel and reboot Europe's tourism in 2020 and beyond. Available...
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