Europe numbers one million agricultural employers who provide work to over 7 million workers. With 15 million farm holdings, in which over 40 million people work, the agriculture sector makes a vital contribution to healthy nutrition, and still plays a key role in the economic, environmental and social policies in Europe. EFFAT activities in the agriculture sector include promoting a sustainable Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), safeguarding employment and fair pay in rural areas, and further developing social dialogue in order to improve working conditions in this sector.
Political Secretary: Ivan Ivanov – [email protected]
Chair: Fabrizio De Pascale (UILA UIL, Italy)
Deputy Chairs: Aneliya Galabova (NFZGS PODKREPA, Bulgaria) and Allan Busk (3F, Denmark)
Every year thousands of workers die in the European agriculture, hundreds of thousands are injured and many fall ill. Our industries are still the most dangerous of all industries worldwide and in Europe. EFFAT and its member unions reaffirm the importance of...
6000 people from EFFAT Italian affiliates Fai-CISL, Flai-CGIL and Uila-UIL took the streets of Rome on Saturday 11 May 2019 to urge the government to take prompt measures towards improved quality work in agriculture, forestry, food and fisheries industry. EFFAT...
The Seminar "Improving Machinery Safety: current issues and emerging risks, automation, robotics and the new Machinery Directive"- jointly organised by ETUI, EFFAT and EFBWW - was held in Bruxelles on 11 and 12 February 2019. Under the chairmanship of Claudio...
The European Platform tackling undeclared work gathers relevant actors involved in fighting undeclared work. EFFAT has been able to include various activities as well as interventions from its sectors in this platform. For example, kindly find hereunder Mr. Spahn's...
Acknowledging the report from the European Commission on progress in the implementation of the Forest Strategy the undersigned organizations, representing forest owners, managers, contractors and the forest-based industry, call on the European Commission, Parliament...
Brussels, 16 October 2018 – On World Food Day, EFFAT is calling for the enforcement of decent working conditions for all workers that contribute to bringing food to our table as a key to guarantee food security and food rights across the planet. EFFAT is voicing its...
On 6 August, 12 migrant workers died on the roads of the province of Foggia in the Italian region of Apullia. They were crammed in the back of a white van with a Bulgarian license plate when the van crashed against a truck, putting an end to their lives and spilling...
The controversial decision to re-approve the use of glyphosate for another five years has exposed some fundamental failures of the EU’s pesticide approval system, revealing that chemical companies have an undue influence on EU scientific assessments. The EC and the...
This year we have approached representatives of the political centre and the left to win their support for our demands regarding the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). We receive a great deal of positive response and would like to thank all member...
Millions of cross-border migrant workers in European agriculture - mostly seasonal workers, temporary workers, harvest workers or day laborers - are victims of social dumping and work in precarious conditions. They need the protection of the Written Statement...
