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
Deputy General Secretary (with responsibilities for Food, Drink, and Tobacco Sector): Wiebke Warneck – [email protected]
Chair: Susanne Uhl (NGG, Germany)
Deputy Chairs: Gaël David (FGA-CFDT, France) and Lea Väänänen (SEL, Finland)
On 31 October the general secretaries of the IUF and IndustriALL Global signed, with the CEO of Unilever, a joint memorandum on union rights. In the text the parties agree on the establishment of a permanent platform for ensuring that throughout Unilever's worldwide...
Brussels, 16 October 2018 – On World Food Day, EFFAT is calling for the enforcement of decent working conditions for all workers that contribute to bringing food to our table as a key to guarantee food security and food rights across the planet. EFFAT is voicing its...
EFFAT, representing employees of the EU sugar sector, and CEFS, representing EU sugar manufacturers, unite to sound the alarm about the extreme crisis on the European sugar market. EU white sugar prices are now at their lowest since records began over twelve years...
It is often said that the bioeconomy can tackle food and energy grand challenges. With its newly published bioeconomy action plan the European Commission has the ambition to develop a more innovative and low-emissions economy, reconciling demands for sustainable...
The EU Parliament Agriculture Committee voted with an overwhelming majority for a fair food supply chain benefiting all actors and consumers. This historic vote is welcomed by the entire European food supply chain as a key step towards ensuring fairness and certainty...
EFFAT - together with farmers and food producers - welcomes the vote by members of the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on the UTPs Directive as a clear step towards ensuring a fair and well-functioning food supply chain in...
On 20 September 2018, European trade unions met in Madrid to discuss a range of challenges in the meat sector in Europe. The event was organised by EFFAT’s Spanish member organisations at the Spanish Economic and Social Committee. While significant efforts have been...
The social partners in the EU sugar industry, EFFAT and CEFS, have released the fourteenth edition of the EU wide CSR report, marking their continued cooperation on many fronts. The sugar sector plays a crucial role in the rural economy. With 106 factories across 19...
EFFAT FoodDrinkEurope Application VP/2017/001/0004 New professions and career paths in the food and drink industry: Delivering high level food industry skills in the digital economy The project will build on the results of a previous EU funded project where the...
IUF and EFFAT have the pleasure to announce the release of a leaflet aimed at supporting migrant and/or posted workers in the meat industry. The leaflet is a checklist for migrant workers which they need to consider before leaving their country of origin and being...
