EFFAT welcomes today's decision by the European Parliament, rejecting the Committee on Legal Affairs’ (JURI) decision to enter into trilogue negotiations with its recently adopted Report. With 318 votes against and 309 in favour, Members of the European Parliament...
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...
EFFAT and FoodServiceEurope, representing workers and employers in the European contract catering sector, have launched a Joint Position on the Revision of the EU Public Procurement Directives. The document was presented at a European Parliament event hosted by MEP...
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...
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...
The following letter was sent by European trade union leaders to Kaja Kallas, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Dear High Representative Ms Kallas, As European trade unionists committed to justice, human rights, and...
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...
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,...
