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...
Company Work
The EFFAT Company Policy department coordinates cross-border cooperation and solidarity in transnational companies (TNCs) that operate in the EFFAT sectors. It represents and advocates EFFAT views towards TNC management, social partners, stakeholders and the European institutions. To effectively defend workers’ interests and ensure sustainable corporate governance, EFFAT promotes trade union rights, collective bargaining, information, consultation and participation rights in transnational companies. EFFAT tasks include establishing and taking part in European Works Councils (EWCs) that operate in the EFFAT sectors. This entails setting up and coordinating ethical EWCs and providing legal and technical expertise to Special Negotiating Bodies (SNBs) and European Works Councils. The EFFAT Company Policy department advocates EFFAT principles and views with respect to EU dossiers such as workers’ participation, labour law, company law, taxation, collective bargaining and corporate social responsibility.
Enrico Somaglia
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Airline catering ETF-EFFAT joint appeal: the Commission must not allow one giant business to dominate the market
(Repost from ETF website) In the name of airline catering workers in Europe, the European Transport Workers’ Federation and EFFAT provided input to an EC merger control case this week with the help of our US colleagues from UNITE HERE! and Teamsters. The case relates...

EFFAT ExCom stands with workers at JDE coffee processing plant, UK
UPDATE 13/03/2020 Following talks with Unite the Union, JDE management at the Banbury (UK) coffee processing plant have agreed to withdraw their ‘sack and reemploy’ ultimatum to workers in order to participate in a process of “meaningful negotiation” with workers’...
Call for tender: “Making full use of the EU social acquis to better shape the impact of technological developments in the European food and drink industry”
Grant agreement - VS/2019/0062 EFFAT is looking for an expert in the framework of the project: Making full use of the EU social acquis to better shape the impact of technological developments in the European food and drink industry. The project has two main...