In a resolution adopted at the Executive Committee, EFFAT has pledged its full support to affiliates taking part in strikes and demonstrations in Belgium, Germany, Ireland and Portugal, France, Spain and Italy this month. The resolution places the actions within a...
500 workers from across Europe rally in Brussels to support fair work in European Agriculture and save the only rule in the CAP that protects farm workers and ensures the ethical use of EU taxpayer money. Brussels, 3 November 2026: About 500 agricultural workers and...
The AgriFish Council’s Partial General Approach on the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy drops the only mechanism linking CAP payments to compliance with labour rights. EFFAT calls for its reinstatement and will mobilise in Brussels on 3 November. EFFAT expresses...
Despite strong calls from EU co-legislators and the sector, the Commission has failed to deliver a targeted revision of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).A future for fisheries and aquaculture requires reforms, not yet another clever strategy. Published today, the...
EFFAT, representing the 4.8m people working in the food and drink industry, and FoodDrinkEurope, representing Europe's 310,000+ enterprises in the industry, have joined forces to call on the European Commission to end unfair trading practices in the food chain. The...
EFFAT and FoodServiceEurope, adopted a joint declaration today addressing the persistent and worsening labour shortages affecting the contract catering sector across Europe. Shared view Social partners agree that labour and skills shortages are one of the main...
Despite geopolitical unrest and a summer marked by unprecedented heatwaves and devastating forest fires that severely affected several European regions, European tourism recorded 1.31 billion overnight stays in the first half of 2026 — a 1.7% increase compared to the...
EFFAT stood alongside the ETUC outside the EU Councill as ministers discussed the 28th Regime, warning that the draft regulation could weaken labour enforcement, collective rights and protections against abusive subcontracting Brussels, 24 September 2026. This...
On 15 September, the European Commission published its Fair Labour Mobility Package. It includes a communication on fair labour mobility and five legislative proposals covering the mandate of the European Labour Authority (ELA), a European Social Security Pass, skills...
Brussels, 15 September 2026: EFFAT welcomes the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on short-term rentals aimed at addressing housing affordability in popular tourist destinations but expresses concern over the voluntary nature of the initiative and the...
