Maddalena Colombi
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Yesterday, the Council finally approved the agreement reached on February 8, 2024, between the Council Presidency and the European Parliament on the Platform Work Directive. EFFAT welcomes this new legal framework, which will help improve the situation of food...
EFFAT Urgently Appeals to Acknowledge Unpaid Domestic Work for the Collective Benefit of Women International Women’s Day (IWD) serves as a platform to expose persisting gender disparities. This year, EFFAT focuses on a critical issue – unpaid Domestic and Care Work. ...
Thousands of farmers across Europe have demonstrated in recent days, from Romania and Poland to France and Germany. The protests have been co-opted by far-right movements seeking to exploit farmers' discontent for political gain ahead of the European elections in...
Today, our General Secretary, Kristjan Bragason, actively participated in the inaugural Strategic Dialogue with the food sector—as announced by Ursula Von der Leyen during her September State of the Union address. EFFAT welcomes the decision to convene various...
Today the European Commission has issued its proposal for long-awaited amendments to the EWC Directive. EFFAT welcomes them, yet expresses disappointment over limited ambition regarding franchising and enforcement. The changes proposed today go in the right direction...
EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions, applauds the political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). This crucial law can address labour abuses in supply chains and franchise networks....
Today, EFFAT joins thousands of workers, its affiliates, and the whole European trade union movement on the streets of Brussels to oppose attempts to impose austerity at the EU level and demand better wages and conditions for workers in Europe. Together we demand: No...
Coordinated by the European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism Trade unions (EFFAT) and the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations, (IUF), the European Trade Unions within AB InBev join...
Gender-based violence and harassment persist as a dire reality in many workplaces across the European Union, representing both a cause and a consequence of inequality between men and women. In response to this urgent problem, EFFAT has prioritized the fight against...
Brussels, 21 November 2023 – Against the backdrop of the European Year of Skills, HOTREC and EFFAT hosted an event at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels centred around the theme, “Education and Training: the driving force of skilled hospitality...
