EFFAT represents the interests of over 4.5 million workers across Europe in the food and drink sector. As the largest in Europe, this is a key EU area in terms of workforce, innovation and high quality products. The EFFAT mission is to fight social dumping and reach fair pay and decent working conditions. Through its active participation in the social dialogue at European level, EFFAT negotiates agreements with European employers’ organisations that aim to improve workers’ conditions
Political Secretary: Wiebke Warneck – w.warneck@effat.org
President: Ole Whelast (NNF, Denmark)
Vice-presidents: Sophie Serrurier (FGTB HORVAL, Belgium) & Sebastian Serena (UGT-FICA, Spain)
The European Association of Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS) and the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Sectors Trade Unions (EFFAT) recognise the potential of mirror clauses in supporting the EU beet sugar sector and ensuring a level playing field on the...
Political resistance against sustainable food policies is threatening to derail the process for an EU Sustainable Food Systems Law. Against this backdrop, EFFAT along with other 285 organisations have issued an open letter urging European Commission President Ursula...
An NGG assessment 2 years after the ban on subcontracting For several decades, the German meat industry with its 160.000 workers has been renowned for a steady decline in labour standards, industrial relations and wages, predominantly due to companies outsourcing...
Vienna, 13 June 2022 : Today EFFAT and IUF launch #MeatTheStandards: A Europe wide initiative to raise awareness about the urgency for a fairer meat sector in Europe through: increasing trade union membership and workplace representation in the sector improving pay...
EFFAT and the European Sugar Producers (CEFS), released the Sixteenth EU Sugar Corporate Social Responsibility Report as a result of the joint commitment to improving the sustainability of the sugar sector. As the report covers the years 2020 and 2021, the focus of...
The joint EFFAT-CEFS Sugar project “A transforming European sugar industry. New and better jobs in a competitive, innovative and sustainable industry” tackling the future of jobs in the EU sugar sector, the greening of the economy and the intra-EU labour mobility and...
EFFAT has contributed to the negotiations that led to the set-up of a European Works Council (EWC) at Intersnack Group. The EWC will ensure that the group workers coming from 20 different member states will be informed and consulted by management on economic, social...
Since the end of the quota period in 2017, the EU beet sugar sector has undergone an important period of transition, with low sugar prices leading to factory closures. Rethinking the future of the industry was the objective of an EFFAT (European Federation of Food,...
EFFAT applauds the European Parliament plenary adoption of the INI report on the Farm to Fork Strategy. With a strong majority (+452 – 170 and 76 abstentions), the European Parliament has put forward its demands on the Farm to Fork strategy, giving a strong signal to...
Brussels, 5 July 2021 - Today, the European Commission releases the Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices under the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy, referring to the processing part of the food chain. EFFAT very much regrets to witness that the...
