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, advise companies and employees to follow all necessary health and safety measures...
By Kristjan Bragason, EFFAT General Secretary (Originally published on OpenCorporation blog, 19/04/2020 - also available to read in Italian) The spread of Coronavirus is first and foremost a health crisis, and our hearts in EFFAT go out to all those who have lost...
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...
Along with other 38 co-signatories from the civil society, EFFAT co-signed a European Food Coalition letter link below) addressed to the European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on the importance and urgency to keep April 2020 as the Farm to...
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...
The statement is supported by IDWF (International Domestic Workers Federation) Across Europe, personal and household services (PHS) provider organisations, private employers and workers are mobilising to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ultimate...
The COVID-19 outbreak is having a seismic impact on the world and the way people live together with inevitable consequences on the working conditions of all workers. Representing 25 million workers from farm to fork, the EFFAT sectors are particularly affected. In...
The EFFAT secretariat received yesterday messages of solidarity from colleagues in IUF Asia-Pacific. On behalf of all affiliates, the secretariat conveys its gratitude to IUF Asia-Pacific for their kind and welcome words of support. In letters to EFFAT-IUF affiliates...
Food and drink is Europe’s largest manufacturing sector and our two organisations come together as EU Social Partners to represent the employees (EFFAT) and employers (FoodDrinkEurope) in the industry. Please see below our joint statement in the face of the Covid-19...
On behalf of EFFAT, we wish to express our solidarity and support to all our affiliates who are doing a fantastic job in protecting workers in all our sectors. Many of our members are faced with job losses and falls in income, on top of general health & safety...
