This week is the 6th annual Hotel Housekeepers Global Week of Action, as hotel housekeepers and their unions across the world take action to fight for dignified working conditions and adequate health and safety standards at work. EFFAT, as a representative of trade...
The final conference of EFFAT bioeconomy project took place in Brussels on 3 October. The project focused on the implications of bioeconomy in terms of job creation and required skills of workers in the food and agriculture sectors, and also considered linkages with...
EFFAT, the European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism trade unions, is deeply concerned by the US decision to impose a 25% tariffs on several EU agri food products. Following a 15 years long legal dispute over subsidies given by European Governments to...
EFFAT has teamed up with over 80 other trade unions and NGO’s in demanding EU Commissioner-designate for Justice, Didier Reynders, bring forward comprehensive legislation mandating companies to observe and respect human rights and environmental imperatives throughout...
Under the slogan - Invest in Care - World Day of Decent Work this year sheds a light on the hard and vital work of domestic and care workers in Europe. Both are amongst the fastest growing sectors in Europe. Yet, they belong to the most vulnerable groups. Working...
Over the last four decades our world has undergone major changes. The technological revolution has shortened distance between people, countries and organizations and has led to many improvements in our daily lives. Society has never been so advanced as today regarding...
In a short matter of time people from all of around Europe will gather in Zagreb for the 5th EFFAT Congress. People from different countries, organizations and backgrounds joining together for the benefit and future of our European federation. Our federation consists...
MERCOSUR: EU offers its biggest ever concession on sugar in the context of a free trade agreement, as the sector remains mired in crisis. Sugar has again been the trade-off to conclude the deal; the latest in a series that have contributed to the closure of sugar...
12 June 2019: World Day Against Child Labour - As 2 million children in West-Africa are currently exploited in the cocoa production, global trade unions in the food supply chain step up their efforts calling on chocolate manufacturers to end child labour in the...
After almost three years of negotiation Management left the negotiating table when the employee representatives refused to sign an unacceptable proposal Since the creation of Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) in 2016, Trade Unions have denounced continued attacks on...
