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Employers and workers jointly call on European Commission to recognise diversity of care workers
Brussels, 29 September 2022 – The European Care Strategy is at risk of excluding some of the most vulnerable frontline care workers. During a European Parliament event, employers and workers who provide personal and household care have emitted a joint call for the...
On World Tourism Day EFFAT is joining the global call to ‘Rethink Tourism’
Tourism continues to show strong signs of recovery, international tourist arrivals are moving towards pre-pandemic levels, with arrivals in Europe reaching 74% of 2021 numbers in the first months of 2022. However, emerging from the pandemic shutdowns, the tourism...
McDonalds’ workers speak out at European Parliament about corporate violence and abuse
This week four young McDonalds' workers featured a dedicated hearing in the European Parliament hosted by MEP Manon Aubry (FR, The Left) and Maria Noichl (DE, S&D) to speak out about the corporation's global and systemic malpractice of sexual harassment and...
EU Care Strategy overlooks the reality of Domestic Workers
Brussels, 8 September 2022: EFFAT appreciates the European Commission’s recognition that Domestic Workers, many of whom are women and often with a migrant background, are subject to the poorest working conditions in the long-term care workforce. As defined by ILO...
European Parliament paves the way towards recognition of Domestic Workers in Europe
With an overwhelming majority this week the European Parliament in Plenary adopted a resolution on towards a common European action on care, an important step forward towards the value, recognition and professionalisation of the domestic sector in Europe. The text...
Unprecedent actions are needed to prevent the terrifying prospect of a global food crisis
EFFAT Resolution adopted at the EFFAT Executive Committee on 14 June 2022 Ukrainian people are paying the highest price of the brutal Kremlin’s invasion with thousands of lives lost, entire families divided and the destruction of their homes and cities. In the rest of...
EFFAT puts forward proposals to counter tourism labour shortages in Europe
After COVID-19, employment in travel and tourism in Europe is estimated to have dropped by 9.3%, equating to 3.6 million jobs. Tourism staff shortages in Europe impact all countries in Europe with varying intensity. Some numbers: In Germany, almost every fourth job in...
#MeatTheStandards: Unions in Europe team up to dignify meat workers
Vienna, 13 June 2022 : Today EFFAT and IUF launch #MeatTheStandards: A Europe wide initiative to raise awareness about the urgency for a fairer meat sector in Europe through: increasing trade union membership and workplace representation in the sector improving pay...
76 Organisations urge for precise public data on the use of pesticides across Europe.
76 organisations joined up forces to express their deep concerns about the direction the negotiations within trilogues are taking on the reform of the agriculture statistics regulation and called upon Member States to support the European Parliament’s proposals...
Toolkit for trade union representatives on Due Diligence
EFFAT took part in a 2 year project "Corporate Due Diligence and Non-Financial Disclosure: Threats or New Levers for Workers' Representatives?" together with ETUC and its sister European Trade Union Federations. As an outcome of the project a toolkit called "Corporate...
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