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)
Brussels, 25 June 2021 - Co-legislators struck a political deal on the next reform of the Common Agricultural Policy following yesterday and today’s Jumbo trilogue. For the first time in history, EU Institutions have agreed on a CAP reform that takes into account the...
Brussels, 15 June 2021 - Today EFFAT joins the European Labour Authority (ELA)’s campaign “Rights for all seasons” which will run until October 20201 with an action week foreseen between 20-24 September. The campaign, targeting in particular seasonal workers in the...
On 1 June 2021 EFFAT held its second and very participated Executive Committee meeting of the year. During a fruitful, day-long discussion with affiliates, the Executive committee adopted an EFFAT position paper on labour mobility and migration (EN). EFFAT sectors...
Brussels, 28 May 2025 - EFFAT welcomes the progress made during this week's trilogue negotiations on social aspects. However, more must be done to deliver an effective social conditionality mechanism, broad in scope, through which CAP could finally uphold the respect...
Trade unions judge it unacceptable and misleading to refer to workers’ rights as red tape Brussels – 14 April 2021 - A new harvesting season has started but very little has changed for agricultural workers in Europe: undeclared work, poverty wages, deplorable health...
EFFAT, together with ETUI, organised a trade union workshop on the Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy on 3 and 4 March 2021. The workshop’s goal was to introduce the participants to the F2F Strategy and discuss the trade union vision of a sustainable food system. A mix of...
A movement of 300+ organisations and personalities urges EU CAP funds to be conditional on the respect for labour rights in agriculture. Brussels – 17 February 2021: As the interinstitutional negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are...
On International Migrants Day, EFFAT celebrates all migrant workers that allow some of its sectors to thrive. Over the last year, they have exposed their lives to provide essential services and kept vital sections of the economy going through the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
After a whole week of intense debate and voting sessions, the Plenary of the European Parliament adopted this afternoon its reports on the three legislative proposals determining the Future of the Common Agriculture Policy. MEPs supported crucial EFFAT long-standing...
On Wednesday 14 October, the European Commission adopted and published the long-awaited EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability towards a toxic-free environment. This EU action delivers a set of action points to ensure “safe and sustainable chemicals, for human...
