Maddalena Colombi
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On occasion of the annual ETUC EWC Conference, EFFAT joined the other trade union federations and the ETUC demanding more democracy at work for a sustainable and more balanced corporate government. Different organisations signed a statement calling for new EU...
With the support of EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, workers and trade unions from various countries are taking action on Monday 29 April at Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) headquarters in Anderlecht. Trade Unions,...
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, EFFAT demands the next EU Parliament and Commission to put safety at the workplace high on the political agenda. Almost two hundred thousand people die every year in the European Union as a result of workplace diseases,...
For almost three years of negotiation the Special Negotiating Group has been promoting an agreement that is worthy and respectful of the European workers of Coca-Cola European Partners. Coca-Cola keeps proposing to its employee representatives an agreement that is...
Seven European trade unions are supporting the global day of protest being staged by young people against climate change on Friday: ETUC, EFJ, EFBWW, EPSU, EFFAT, ETF and IndustriAll (representing workers in energy intensive industries). Greta Thunberg, the...
Today, Members of the European Parliament strongly voted in favour of promoting a fair food supply chain, delivering on their promise to #CutTheUnfair. The signatories welcome this historic vote for banning unfair trading practices in the food value chain. This...
Speaking at today’s plenary meeting of the EU sugar sector social dialogue, representatives of the European Commission Directorate General for Agriculture & Rural Development once again offered no answers to the most pressing question ever faced by the EU beet...
On 24 January 2019, the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission involved in the Trialogue negotiations on the work-life balance Directive came to an agreement. This compromise, which has yet to be formally adopted by Council and Parliament in...
Workers to take strike action at Utrecht coffee factory and Bremen administrative facilities Jacobs Douwe Egberts workers in both Germany and the Netherlands will take industrial action on Thursday 22 November. In the Netherlands, the workers at the coffee factory in...
7 November marks European Tourism Day. Today, once again, the EU champions one of the most rapidly expanding sectors of the European economy, accounting for 10% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 7% of world exports and one in ten jobs worldwide. Tourism is one...
