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)
The fight against hunger, malnutrition, and poverty needs Fair Work. Every meal we enjoy depends on millions of people: farm workers, food processors, and hospitality staff, too many of whom are overworked, subcontracted, and unheard. Promoting action for those who...
This week the European Parliament adopted the CAP Simplification Package during its plenary session in Strasbourg shaping its position ahead of trilogue negotiations. While EFFAT welcomes the overall outcome and the Parliament’s decision to uphold Social...
My colleague Mykailo died on the GHdC construction site in Charleroi on 27/9/21. He was Ukrainian and was working here in Belgium as a worker posted by a Polish company for which he had not performed any work in Poland. This company subcontracted to a firm registered...
Brussels, 25 August 2025 | EFFAT voices deep concerns about the EU-US Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade. The recently released joint declaration statement validates the concerns we expressed in July, on the occasion of the talks between...
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, struck a political agreement on tariffs, which was defined as historic and positive for the two blocs. The deal is intended to end ongoing trade tensions,...
Brussels, 18 July 2025 – The new proposal for reforming the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is weak in terms of budget and goals and fails to make the agriculture sector more attractive. The rebranding of ‘conditionality’ as ‘farm stewardship’ introduces no...
Brussels, 17 July 2025 – Representing tobacco workers in Europe, EFFAT expresses its deep concern over the European Commission’s newly proposed recast of the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED). While we support the EU’s public health objectives, we strongly oppose...
Thousands of agricultural workers are living in slum conditions while working for employers in receipt of EU farming subsidies, a delegation of trade unionists and MEPs found today during a visit to Italy. The delegation organised by the European Federation of Food,...
Brussels, 26 June 2025 – A New Day for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): that is how EFFAT defines its latest comprehensive demands for the upcoming post-2027 CAP reform. At an event bringing together farm workers, trade union leaders, the EU Commissioner for Food...
Brussels, 25 June 2025 Today, EFFAT hosted a high-level event in Brussels to present its Model Directive on Labour Intermediaries and Fair Working Conditions across Subcontracting Chains, a concrete proposal to end abusive labour practices that continue to undermine...
