Cargill, the global agribusiness giant, revealed at the beginning of December plans to reduce its global workforce by 5%, amounting to approximately 8,000 employees. This decision marks the company’s largest restructuring initiative in the past 25 years, with Europe...
Workers at Princes Group in the UK are taking industrial action these days to secure fair pay and resist the erosion of previously agreed commitments. With Unite the Union, EFFAT is calling on all its affiliates to share their solidarity and stand with these workers...
The EU Court of Justice has ruled that domestic employers must implement a system to measure daily working hours, ensuring compliance with Directive 2003/88 on working time. This decision aims to protect workers by allowing them to reliably track their hours and...
EU member states have a ‘moral obligation’ to immediately enforce the ban on goods produced through forced labour which takes effect today. While members states have up to three years to implement it, the evidence from the International Labour Organisation shows there...
Today, EFFAT Congress has elected new leadership for the upcoming term. Enrico Somaglia, has been elected as the new General Secretary, a position he will hold for the next five years, marking a new chapter in the organization’s mission to defend workers' rights...
Valencia, 27 November 2023 – Under the slogan Fighting Forward, EFFAT affiliates came together today to launch the first of two working days of the EFFAT Congress in Valencia, a city recently devastated by the catastrophic DANA flooding. The tragedy served as a stark...
Strasbourg, 17 September: More than 700 workers united today in front of the European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, to call upon the EU institutions for urgent action to stop exploitation in subcontracting chains and labour intermediation. The European action...
Foggia (Italy), 17 July 2024 Summer is the most important season for agriculture in Europe, and EFFAT's affiliates are actively supporting and protecting workers through various actions. EFFAT joined the FLAI-CGIL organising campaign "Diritti in Campo" [Rights in the...
EFFAT Resolution, as approved by the EFFAT Agriculture General Assembly 3 July 2024 The recent death of Satnam Singh, a 31-year-old Indian farm worker employed in the Italian province of Latina, is an unacceptable tragedy that cannot be described as an accident. The...
Joint Statement from European Trade Union Federations and the ETUC On 17 May, the European trade union movement celebrates the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). On this day, we remind ourselves and European policymakers that...
