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Press Release | Open Letter: European aviation and tourism requires a coordinated approach to cross-border travel
Coordinated COVID-19 measures needed to save jobs and upcoming summer season, say European aviation and tourism stakeholders. Brussels – 24 February 2021: Ahead of the 1 March Extraordinary meeting of Ministers of Tourism, 15 European stakeholders in aviation and...
EFFAT expresses firm opposition to the military coup in Myanmar
Along with trade unions all over the world, EFFAT expresses its firm opposition to the civil society restrictions as well as the military action ongoing in Myanmar and calls for the immediate release of the detained to restore rule of law, respect human rights, and...
Press Release | Open Letter: The new CAP needs Social Conditionality
A movement of 300+ organisations and personalities urges EU CAP funds to be conditional on the respect for labour rights in agriculture. Brussels – 17 February 2021: As the interinstitutional negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are...
EU sugar sector: EU policies need to be coherent to ensure a just transition
On the occasion of their Social Dialogue Plenary session on 8 February 2021, CEFS and EFFAT, social partners in the Sugar Sector discussed various crucial issues for the industry in the context of the EU Green Deal and the Commission’s Trade Policy. They agreed on the...
Working together for a quick, safe and sustainable recovery of Europe’s Hospitality sector
The below signatories call for the immediate setting up of a hospitality task force across the EU Institutions to discuss the impact that COVID-19 has had on business and jobs and deliver a road map for the recovery of the hospitality sector and its value chain....
International Migrants Day – Praising all migrant workers’ contribution to the EFFAT sectors
On International Migrants Day, EFFAT celebrates all migrant workers that allow some of its sectors to thrive. Over the last year, they have exposed their lives to provide essential services and kept vital sections of the economy going through the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Only healthy workers can feed Europe
As Covid-19 vaccinations achieve regulatory approval in the EU, European trade union federation EFFAT and food manufacturers association FoodDrinkEurope have urged Member States to consider the food and drink workforce as a priority group in their vaccination plans....
EFFAT – EFFE – EFSI – UNI-Europa Joint Statement on Personal and Household Services Workers Require Priority Access to COVID-19 vaccine
EFFAT, EFFE, EFSI and UNI Europa are delighted by the announcement that the European Commission is progressing with the acquisition of a large number of doses of an anti-Covid19 vaccine that will then be distributed to Member States[1]. The Commission’s prioritising...
Appalling working conditions in the German meat industry have short to live
As slaughterhouses and meat processing plants have recently become major hot spots of COVID-19 outbreaks, workers in the meat industry now get finally the attention they deserve . Thanks to EFFAT affiliate NGG’s tireless work and pressure exerted over the years,...
Five urgent requests on EU-UK trade relations
Five urgent requests on EU-UK trade relations As the EU and UK trade negotiations seem be reaching a conclusion, Europe's farmers and agri-cooperatives, food manufacturers, traders, and agri-food sector workers have issued the following joint statement outing what...
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