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Employers and Trade Unions in the PHS sectors join forces and adopt new strategy to raise the profile of the sector in Europe
EFFAT – EFFE – EFSI – UNI-Europa joint Press Release Employers and Trade Unions in Personal and Household Services (PHS) sealed their commitment towards increased recognition for the PHS sectors - which employs almost 5% of the entire EU workforce- by adopting a...
Social Partners launch the Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tool in the agriculture sector
Today, representatives of the European Social Partners in Agriculture, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) and the Employers’ Group of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the European Union (GEOPA), have officially...
EFFAT Releases final report on joint EFFAT-CEFS Project “A transforming European sugar industry”
The joint EFFAT-CEFS Sugar project “A transforming European sugar industry. New and better jobs in a competitive, innovative and sustainable industry” tackling the future of jobs in the EU sugar sector, the greening of the economy and the intra-EU labour mobility and...
EWC set up at Intersnack
EFFAT has contributed to the negotiations that led to the set-up of a European Works Council (EWC) at Intersnack Group. The EWC will ensure that the group workers coming from 20 different member states will be informed and consulted by management on economic, social...
European Trade Union Representatives support Decarbonisation of Aviation and call for Social Sustainability to underpin a just transition towards Carbon-Neutrality
Joint press release – ETF, ETUC, EFFAT, UNI Europa, IndustriAll Europe and ECA Brussels, 7 January 2022 The ETF, ETUC, EFFAT, UNI Europa, IndustriAll Europe and ECA welcome the Toulouse Declaration on future sustainability and decarbonisation in aviation, which was...
Joint Statement on Eurofound’s Industrial relations landscape report
The PHS (Personal Household Services) sector social partners EFFAT, EFFE, EFSI and UNI Europa welcome the publication of the EUROFOUND report "“Industrial relations landscape report on Central government administration, education, human health, local and regional...
Joint Statement on Sustainable Corporate Governance
1 October 2021 - On Thursday, September 30th, leading officials of the European trade union federations EFFAT, EPSU, IndustriAll Europe and UNI Europa as well as the ETUC met with the cabinet of European Commissioner Thierry Breton (Internal Market). The purpose was...
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...
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