During the last EFFAT Executive Committee on the 10th of September 2020, EFFAT adopted a resolution criticizing the escalation of repression against leaders of the movement for democracy and the independent trade unions in Belarus, in particular the use of torture and...
McDonald’s workers are standing up and are asking for support. With the support of their union, BFAWU, McDonalds' workers started a petition to call McDonald’s to end harassment in its stores and protect staff from sexual harassment. They need thousands of people...
Around 1.000 Icelandic hotel housekeepers are going on a strike tomorrow at the International Women‘s Day to demand living wages and better working conditions in the industry. The housekeeping industrial action on the 8th of March applies to cleaning, housekeeping and...
Support Polish colleagues working at the Polish company Mokate and who are struggling to win a pay raise and are simply asking for meaningful discussions with Mokate Management. Mokate distributes Lavazza products and despite...
Workers at Rakvere meat plant in Estonia, part of the HK Scan group, are legitimately asking for a wage increase and rounds of negotiations are planned for the next forthcoming weeks. We have prepared a solidarity letter you can use if you wish- please see below! We...
The structural changes announced by CCEP in Germany include the closure of the Coca-Cola site in Weimar. This will affect 220 colleagues. On 15 November 2017 at 2 pm, a staff meeting will take place at the Weimar site to inform colleagues about the state of...
On 27 October, EFFAT Bulgarian affiliates FNSZ will take part in the action organized by CITUB to call for fairer wages, decent working conditions and labor rights for Bulgarian workers drained by budget restrictions and austerity. Almost 6 thousands people will...
Since 8 September 2017 more than 70 workers (mostly Polish, but also Lithuanians and Norwegians) have been on strike in fish processing company Norse Production based just outside Bergen on the west coast of Norway. The workers who are organized in the IUF and EFFAT...
EFFAT supports the ETUC, TUs and civil society organisations in the process of lobbying on Public Country-by-Country reports from Multinational companies. The EC Directive imposes all multinationals (with turnover above 750 million euros) with activities in Europe...
Since last October, fast-food workers in Germany have been in a conflict with employers over fair pay and a living wage. In collective bargaining with the German food workers union NGG, the companies have offered a wage which is considerably below what the German...
