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EU Action Week for Seasonal Workers: EFFAT mobilises to put seasonal workers in the spotlight
In the framework of the European Labour Authority (ELA)’s campaign “Rights for all seasons”, EFFAT takes part in the Week of Action on Seasonal Work between 20 and 24 September. Throughout the week, an array of events and activities taking place across the EU between...
International Youth Day 2021 – Statement from EFFAT Youth Committee
The United Nations General Assembly has been marked as the International Youth Day of August 12, beginning in 1999. The International Day of Youth is important for the development of awareness about the meaningful and fair participation of young people in all social...
’Domestic Workers in Europe: Getting the Recognition they Deserve’. New EFFAT booklet is out!
10 years since the adoption of the ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, EFFAT releases today a new booklet: ‘Domestic Workers in Europe: Getting the Recognition they Deserve’ [ Link] Domestic work is a growing sector crucial for the EU economy,...
European alliance calls on EU governments to ratify convention on domestic workers
An alliance of employers, trade unions, European and international institutions and civil society organisations has ramped up calls for the protection of Europe’s 9.5 million domestic workers, including millions of home care workers. On the 10th Anniversary of the ILO...
Failure of CAP trilogue negotiations is a missed opportunity. EFFAT’s fight for a CAP that delivers for farm workers continues
Brussels, 28 May 2025 - EFFAT welcomes the progress made during this week's trilogue negotiations on social aspects. However, more must be done to deliver an effective social conditionality mechanism, broad in scope, through which CAP could finally uphold the respect...
New digital tools for enforcing mobile workers’ rights
EFFAT jointly with the ETUC, EFBWW, ETF, EPSU, UNIEuropa and industriAll sent a letter and a joint paper, including a call for action and concrete proposals, to introduce new digital tools for enforcing mobile workers’ rights in the Internal Market. The letter was...
A transforming European sugar industry focus of 1st EFFAT/CEFS workshop
CEFS and EFFAT joint project: “A transforming European sugar industry - New and better jobs in a competitive, innovative and sustainable industry” The 1st workshop of the joint sugar project brought together around 60 experts discussing the key role of the sugar...
28 April – Workers Memorial Day: Health & Safety is your right!
With 1 in 3 people working from home, and those at the workplace taking special precautions, COVID-19 shows the life and death importance of health and safety at work. Among the 530,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the European Union* are uncounted thousands of workers...
Workers’ influence on outsourcing, tender processes and transfer of employment contracts: watch the gap!
The two-year European project “Workers’ influence on outsourcing, tender processes and transfer of employment contracts: watch the gap!” was carried out in partnership with EFFAT, ETF, EPSU, UNI Europa and Syndex. Its purpose was to analyse the implementation of EU...
How are Domestic Workers organised in your country? Fill in our Survey!
To better prepare the future work in the EFFAT Domestic work sector and to strengthen its sectoral structure, EFFAT is asking their member organisations to provide the EFFAT secretariat with some basic information on the organisation of domestic workers in your...
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