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)
A team of public health experts led by Dr. David Nabarro, co-director of the Institute for Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London and Strategic Director 4SD Switzerland, has produced a working paper for the IUF on the factors which make cold food processing...
International day of action Today, November 17, is the global fast food day of action. Far to long global fast food corporations have not taken their responsibility. Hundreds and hundreds of workers across the world have testified of cases of sexual harassment and...
Respect and protect the rights of the Agro-food workers Make EU agriculture and food systems more sustainable and just Europe needs a fair, transparent, and sustainable food supply chain that can benefit everyone. In recent decades, there has been an increased process...
EFFAT- IUF Europe together with its UK and Irish affiliates, SIPTU, UNITE, USDAW, BFAWU and GMB, call on the UK conservative Government in Westminster and the EU to do whatever it takes to reach a trade deal that save jobs and delivers for working people across our...
During the Sugar Social Dialogue meeting on the 9th of October, the Social Partners EFFAT and CEFS had the opportunity to present the European Commission with the measures undertaken at factory level to protect workers, keep the production running and help the fight...
EFFAT Executive Committee unanimously adopts 10 demands for action at EU level to cure the meat sector Whether employed through abusive subcontracting practices, as temporary agency workers, posted workers or forced to accept bogus self-employed status, the working,...
A new EFFAT report identifies the appalling working, employment and housing conditions affecting thousands of meat workers in many countries across Europe as the reasons why meat processing plants have become vectors for the spread of Covid-19. Launched today, the...
On 18 May 2020, an international coalition of trade unions comprising EFFAT, the International Union of Foodworkers (IUF), União Geral dos Trabalhadores (Brazil), and the Service Employees International Union (US and Canada) filed a first-of-its-kind complaint...
Today EFFAT joins forces with other 27 organisations including the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Fair Trade Advocacy Office, the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI), Oxfam, PICUM (the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented...
With 4,7 million workers providing Europeans with their daily food, EFFAT and FoodDrinkEurope, social partners in the food and drink industry have jointly released sectoral guidelines to be observed in companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this joint...
