As slaughterhouses and meat processing plants have recently become major hot spots of COVID-19 outbreaks, workers in the meat industry now get finally the attention they deserve . Thanks to EFFAT affiliate NGG’s tireless work and pressure exerted over the years,...
Five urgent requests on EU-UK trade relations As the EU and UK trade negotiations seem be reaching a conclusion, Europe's farmers and agri-cooperatives, food manufacturers, traders, and agri-food sector workers have issued the following joint statement outing what...
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...
Safe Work + Secure Jobs + Union Rights = Safe hotels . This past week Trade Unions across the globe have organized events around a global week of action for hotel workers. Under the slogan Safe Work + Secure Jobs + Union Rights = Safe hotels, EFFAT joined forces with...
EFFAT and its members condemn the attitude of the European Commission concerning the suspension of its catering activities from 1 January 2021. The contract between the European Commission and two catering companies was scheduled to end on 31 December 2020. But a Call...
HOTREC, the European umbrella association of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés, and its trade union counterpart EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, call upon the EU and Member States to follow a range of proposed measures to put...
After two years of work, the Advancing Personal and Household Services (Ad-PHS) project reached its end, so it is time to discuss its results. Go to the website of the final conference to discover the programme and start registering to the event During the event, it...
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...
Belgian Trade Unions are very concerned about the employment situation in the hotel and catering industry. The coronavirus crisis shows its socio-economic effects in the short and long term. For workers, it means a reduction in income today and a serious risk of...
After a whole week of intense debate and voting sessions, the Plenary of the European Parliament adopted this afternoon its reports on the three legislative proposals determining the Future of the Common Agriculture Policy. MEPs supported crucial EFFAT long-standing...
