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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...
Out Now! – EU Sugar Corporate Social Responsibility Report
EFFAT and the European Sugar Producers (CEFS), released the Sixteenth EU Sugar Corporate Social Responsibility Report as a result of the joint commitment to improving the sustainability of the sugar sector. As the report covers the years 2020 and 2021, the focus of...
Care workers and providers stand for a European Care Strategy inclusive of Migrants
EFFAT together with stakeholders in the care and PHS sectors has released joint recommendations for the inclusions of migrants in the forthcoming European Care Strategy and accompanying Council recommendations, both as workers and providers of care as well as care...
Tackling undeclared work in the PHS sector
On March 2022, PHS Social Partners issued a set of recommendations calling Member States, the European Labour Authority and the European Commission to implement concrete actions that will contribute to the reduction of undeclared work in PHS. EFFAT, EFFE, EFSI and UNI...
The relaunch of tourism needs a more sustainable and socially responsible vision: A letter to the EU French Presidency
EFFAT and its French affiliates write to EU French Presidency ahead of upcoming Ministerial Conference of Tourism Ministers 14 March 2022 | Ahead of the upcoming 17 March 2022 Informal Ministerial Conference of Tourism Ministers in Dijon, EFFAT, together with its...
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