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EFFAT’s reaction on Council Conclusions on improving the working and living conditions of seasonal and other mobile workers
On 9 October 2020, the Council of the European Union approved conclusions on “Improving the working and living conditions of seasonal and other mobile workers”. This follows the European Parliament Resolution on 19 June 2020 and the Guidelines on Seasonal Workers...
World Food Day 2020
Respect and protect the rights of the Agro-food workers Make EU agriculture and food systems more sustainable and just Europe needs a fair, transparent, and sustainable food supply chain that can benefit everyone. In recent decades, there has been an increased process...
European trade unions in the Agro Food sector urge EU and UK negotiators to agree on a free trade agreement that delivers for working people
EFFAT- IUF Europe together with its UK and Irish affiliates, SIPTU, UNITE, USDAW, BFAWU and GMB, call on the UK conservative Government in Westminster and the EU to do whatever it takes to reach a trade deal that save jobs and delivers for working people across our...
Survey on the impact of COVID-19 on Personal and Household Services (PHS)
As you know, EFFAT is involved in the European project “Advancing Personal and Household Services” Ad-PHS, which has as its main objective to support, guide and provide advice to public authorities and stakeholders across Europe in the development of their PHS...
Webinars for Young Trade Unionists
Our training journey to support our mission "Youth Empowerment" started in March 2020 in Sesimbra when we organised the first seminar of the year together with the ETUI. Back then, the seminar focused on improving and strengthening cross-border cooperation between...
A social CAP now, to raise labour standards in Agriculture. EFFAT’s demands in view of the post-2020 CAP Revision
The pandemic is casting new light on the exploitative working and living conditions experienced by millions of agricultural workers in Europe. Exploitation, gangmaster practices, underpayment, undeclared work, illegal wage deductions, lack of equal treatment and of...
Commission applies European Social Partners Contract Catering Best Value Guide
On 18 September 2020, the European social partners in the contract catering sector, EFFAT and FoodServiceEurope, had a meeting with OIB, the European Commission’s Office for Infrastructure and Logistics Brussels, to discuss the current call for tenders for the...
Hungry for fairness: raising standards in the meat sector
EFFAT Executive Committee unanimously adopts 10 demands for action at EU level to cure the meat sector Whether employed through abusive subcontracting practices, as temporary agency workers, posted workers or forced to accept bogus self-employed status, the working,...
EFFAT Executive Committee calls for an immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned workers and democracy activists in Belarus
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...
European Travel and Tourism sector urges EU governments to agree on harmonised travel restrictions as it struggles to survive the current crisis
EFFAT, ETF and UNI Europa, cooperating in the European Trade Union Liaison Committee on Tourism (ETLC), are signatories to the European Tourism Manifesto Alliance, and support the Commission proposal for a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in...
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