Stephen Gilmore
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Time is running out: Concrete and rapid actions needed to enforce rights to worker involvement in anticipating and managing the COVID-19 crisis impact Three months after the COVID-19 health crisis hit the world and thousands lost their lives, the European Union is now...
A new EFFAT report identifies the appalling working, employment and housing conditions affecting thousands of meat workers in many countries across Europe as the reasons why meat processing plants have become vectors for the spread of Covid-19. Launched today, the...
EFFAT welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of a resolution on the rights of cross-border and migrant workers. The food, agriculture and tourism sectors are host to the vast majority of seasonal, cross-border and migrant workers in Europe. In the context of...
On International Domestic Workers Day 2020, trade unions and allied domestic workers’ groups are foregrounding the essential, but often undervalued or overlooked efforts of domestic workers in Europe and across the globe. No workers have been immune to the coronavirus...
This Friday, 12 June 2020, EFFAT and allies throughout the global trade union movement mark World Day Against Child Labour. The focus this year is on the impact on child labour of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the...
Based on a preliminary assessment, EFFAT welcomes aspects of today’s long-awaited publication of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, but regrets that it leaves many social questions unanswered. Responding to the announcement, EFFAT’s General Secretary, Kristjan Bragason,...
