Dear Supporter, Almost 24000 brothers and sisters in the Spanish poultry and rabbit meat sector are facing extremely precarious working conditions. Although the sector continues to thrive, the problem is the contractual weakness in price fixing among the players in...
Two-hundred hotel workers at Sheraton Brussels hotel in Belgium have paid the price of a conflict between the owner, the UK-based property group International Real Estate Ltd, and Starwood, recently bought by Marriott. The hotel owner and Starwood could not agree on...
The European Commission is finally ready to listen to workers and citizens. It currently seeks our opinion on how to make Europe more social again. Social Rights First! Trade Unions have worked out a plan to put social rights before the interests of big business and...
In January 2016, three EFFAT member organisations filed petitions to the European Parliament’s Petition Committee: BFAWU, UK, criticises McDonald’s for abuse of zero-hour contracts in the UK, which are weakening workers’ rights, as they have no guaranteed working...
On 5th July the College of Commissioners is expected to present its decision on the legal nature of the EU-Canada free trade deal. The College has to decide whether the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada will be presented to the EU member...
On the fifth anniversary of ILO Convention C189 on decent work for domestic workers adopted on 16 June 2011, the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), which affiliated as a special group to the IUF in May 2014, launched the “My Fair Home” Campaign, asking...
EFFAT has received from the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) an appeal to support the European Citizens’ Initiative Fair Transport Europe and we are asking your support to collect 1 million signatures by 14th September. Transport is vital to all Europeans....
The Swedish Food Workers Union (Livs) is fighting plans to shut down the Findus frozen food factory in Bjuv, which would throw 450 workers out of a job and devastate the many hundreds of farmers who supply the plant. On March 31, the CEO of Nomad Foods, an investment...
EFFAT and its social partners HOTREC have jointly issues a pledge to enhace quality and attractiveness of apprenticeships schemes in the European hotel and restaurant sector! We need your voice! EFFAT and HOTREC commit themselves to improve the quality and...
FoodDrinkEurope and EFFAT are aiming to respond to one of the greatest challenges facing Europe today: a lack of skills and job opportunities. Together they created the pledge ”An appetite for the future: Youth apprenticeships in the food and drink industry” to...
