Maddalena Colombi
m.colombi@effat.org
Vienna, 13 June 2022 : Today EFFAT and IUF launch #MeatTheStandards: A Europe wide initiative to raise awareness about the urgency for a fairer meat sector in Europe through: increasing trade union membership and workplace representation in the sector improving pay...
On June 12, World Day against Child Labour, there is nothing to celebrate as we see a shocking rise in the numbers of working children. Progress to eliminate child labour was already slowing before the COVID-19 pandemic and the ILO and UNICEF are now projecting that...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) decided to maintain the existing classification of glyphosate: toxic to aquatic life but still no classification as a carcinogen, despite of even stronger scientific evidence than in 2015 when WHO’s International Agency for...
76 organisations joined up forces to express their deep concerns about the direction the negotiations within trilogues are taking on the reform of the agriculture statistics regulation and called upon Member States to support the European Parliament’s proposals...
On March 2022, PHS Social Partners issued a set of recommendations calling Member States, the European Labour Authority and the European Commission to implement concrete actions that will contribute to the reduction of undeclared work in PHS. EFFAT, EFFE, EFSI and UNI...
16 March 2022 | HOTREC and EFFAT, the European social partners in the hospitality sector, condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and deplore the loss of lives and the human suffering. The attack is a flagrant violation of international laws and agreements, and of...
EFFAT and its French affiliates write to EU French Presidency ahead of upcoming Ministerial Conference of Tourism Ministers 14 March 2022 | Ahead of the upcoming 17 March 2022 Informal Ministerial Conference of Tourism Ministers in Dijon, EFFAT, together with its...
EFFAT – EFFE – EFSI – UNI-Europa joint Press Release Employers and Trade Unions in Personal and Household Services (PHS) sealed their commitment towards increased recognition for the PHS sectors - which employs almost 5% of the entire EU workforce- by adopting a...
Today on International Women’s’ Day (IWD) EFFAT wants to support both women and men in their fight for gender equality in the world of work. EFFAT wants to send a strong call to action to all women workers to join forces and negotiate for a better, more equal world of...
Trade unions raise the alarm bell in the EU as new human rights and labor abuses put further strain on the global meat sector Brussels, 2nd March 2022 | As the Brazilian Public Ministry of Labour, backed by corporate interests, is about to amend NR 36 regulations...
