EFFAT, representing the 4.8m people working in the food and drink industry, and FoodDrinkEurope, representing Europe's 310,000+ enterprises in the industry, have joined forces to call on the European Commission to end unfair trading practices in the food chain. The...
EFFAT and FoodServiceEurope, adopted a joint declaration today addressing the persistent and worsening labour shortages affecting the contract catering sector across Europe. Shared view Social partners agree that labour and skills shortages are one of the main...
English / Italian EFFAT Statement on the Killing of Four Agricultural Workers in Amendolara, Italy Last Monday, four agricultural workers were brutally killed. They were locked inside a minivan at a service station along the SS106 Jonica Road, near the municipality of...
For the EFFAT project “EFFAT Academy for Capacity Building”, external expertise is required to support the EFFAT Secretariat to develop sectoral and cross-sectoral activities on organising and capacity building. Under this work, the external expert will assist the...
For the EFFAT project “Strengthening EWC’s in the EFFAT sectors to achieve a truly fair and just transition”, external expertise is required to support the EFFAT Secretariat to develop materials to support affiliates in their work on achieving a just transition within...
For the EFFAT project “Strengthening EWC’s in the EFFAT sectors to achieve a truly fair and just transition”, external expertise is required to support the EFFAT Secretariat to develop materials to support affiliates in utilising the Corporate Sustainability Due...
EFFAT acknowledges positive elements in the newly published EU Quality Jobs Roadmap and Act, the package of social policy initiatives announced yesterday by the European Commission. Following years and months of intense mobilisation, including the publication of an...
Brussels, 9 October 2025 Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of legislation that will deliver key improvements for the European Works Council (EWC) Directive and millions of trade union representatives and working people in transnational companies. Members...
The annual meeting of the EFFAT Transnational Companies Committee is taking place in Barcelona on 1–2 October 2025. The TNC Committee once again proves to be the main platform where EFFAT affiliates active in multinational companies, TNC/EWC Coordinators, and members...
Europe's hospitality-tourism sector employs more than 10 million workers and is one of the key drivers of the European economy, yet the workers employed face persistent challenges: widespread non-standard employment, low pay, and difficult working conditions which...
