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Public procurement reform moves forward. Contract catering is left in the dark.
The European Commission published its long-awaited proposal to revise the EU Public Procurement Directive. EFFAT's first and most urgent concern is that the special procedure applicable to canteen and contract catering services is left without the clarification needed...
New Joint Report: AI & Social Dialogue in the EU Beet Sugar Sector
Together with CEFS, EFFAT is proud to launch the 18th joint CSR report, this year focused on a topic reshaping our industry: the integration of Artificial Intelligence. The EU beet sugar sector isn't just an economic pillar - producing - 50% of global beet sugar -...
Catering Workers Take to the Streets for Fairer Public Procurement
Catering workers today rallies along hundreds of other workers in cleaning security and logistics, demanding an overhaul of the EU's public procurement rules that have negatively shaped their pay, their hours, and the quality of the food served in Europe's schools,...
#TooHotToWork: Trade Unions Demand Binding EU Rules on Workplace Heat Protection
As this week's heatwave hits, EFFAT-EPSU-EFBWW present their Model Directive, warning that heat is a daily occupational hazard, not a one-off summer event. Brussels, 25 June 2026 | As temperatures rise across Europe, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and...
Friesland Campina Leeuwarden: Workers Strike for Fair Compensation
Today, more than 200 dairy workers at FrieslandCampina Leeuwarden will strike, continuing a wave of labour actions across the Dutch dairy sector. The issue While FrieslandCampina reports record profits, workers are seeing their purchasing power being eroded. EFFAT's...
While Brussels Chooses Deregulation, Madrid Chooses Workers: EFFAT rallies along 10,000 for Quality Jobs
While EU leaders meet in Brussels on 18-19 June to discuss competitiveness and deregulation, more than 10,000 workers from across Europe gathered in Madrid for a different vision: investment, social justice, and quality jobs for all. The "Rally for Quality Jobs,...
The New Return Regulation is a Defeat for Europe
The European Parliament has just voted to adopt the Return Regulation, despite explicit and urgent warnings from the European trade union movement and civil society organisations. This is not a victory for "control." It is a profound defeat for human dignity and the...
Happy International Domestic Workers Day 2026!
On International Domestic Workers Day, EFFAT celebrates and honours all domestic workers across Europe and around the world. Every day, domestic workers provide essential care and household services to families, children, older persons, and people with disabilities....
EFFAT Statement on the Killing of Four Agricultural Workers in Amendolara, Italy
English / Italian EFFAT Statement on the Killing of Four Agricultural Workers in Amendolara, Italy Last Monday, four agricultural workers were brutally killed. They were locked inside a minivan at a service station along the SS106 Jonica Road, near the municipality of...
EFFAT Calls for Full Recognition and Decent Work for Domestic Workers at European Parliament Debate
Today at the European Parliament, EFFAT contributed to the debate on Decent Work for All: Advancing the Rights of Domestic Workers in the EU, ahead of the upcoming own-initiative report to be led by MEP Catarina Martins (The Left). Domestic work is a cornerstone of...
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