Oona Martens

EFFAT – ETUI : The Farm to Fork strategy: from a trade union vision to trade union actions

Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized

Dear Colleagues, For registrations, please contact o.martens@effat.org Working Documents: - Agenda - Outline Training - EFFAT Position on Farm To Fork : EN - European Commission: Factsheet Farm to Fork EN - European Commission : Action Plan 2020 - Farm to Fork EN -...

Working together for a quick, safe and sustainable recovery of Europe’s Hospitality sector

Jan 27, 2021 | In the spotlight, Tourism

The below signatories call for the immediate setting up of a hospitality task force across the EU Institutions to discuss the impact that COVID-19 has had on business and jobs and deliver a road map for the recovery of the hospitality sector and its value chain....

EFFAT TNC-EWC Annual conference

Dec 9, 2020 | Company work

Although the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to reorganise the annual conference of the EFFAT TNC-EWC coordinators group into an online event, more than 70 participants had the opportunity to connect on 10 November 2020 to exchange experiences and good practices on a wide...

Global Week of Action for Hotel Workers 2020

Dec 4, 2020 | In the spotlight, Tourism

Safe Work + Secure Jobs + Union Rights = Safe hotels . This past week Trade Unions across the globe have organized events around a global week of action for hotel workers. Under the slogan Safe Work + Secure Jobs + Union Rights = Safe hotels, EFFAT joined forces with...

Solidarity to the workers of Ciano and Compass at the European Commission

Nov 30, 2020 | In the spotlight

EFFAT and its members condemn the attitude of the European Commission concerning the suspension of its catering activities from 1 January 2021. The contract between the European Commission and two catering companies was scheduled to end on 31 December 2020. But a Call...

Roadmap to rebuild the hospitality sector : Joint statement EFFAT – HOTREC

Nov 27, 2020 | In the spotlight, Press release, Tourism

HOTREC, the European umbrella association of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés, and its trade union counterpart EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, call upon the EU and Member States to follow a range of proposed measures to put...

Don’t miss the Ad-PHS final conference!

Nov 18, 2020 | In the spotlight, Tourism

After two years of work, the Advancing Personal and Household Services (Ad-PHS) project reached its end, so it is time to discuss its results. Go to the website of the final conference to discover the programme and start registering to the event During the event, it...

Stop sexual harassment in the fast food industry

Nov 17, 2020 | Food, In the spotlight

International day of action Today, November 17, is the global fast food day of action. Far to long global fast food corporations have not taken their responsibility. Hundreds and hundreds of workers across the world have testified of cases of sexual harassment and...

Belgian Trade Unions call for a moratorium on redundancies to save jobs!

Nov 9, 2020 | In the spotlight, Tourism

Belgian Trade Unions are very concerned about the employment situation in the hotel and catering industry. The coronavirus crisis shows its socio-economic effects in the short and long term. For workers, it means a reduction in income today and a serious risk of...