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Human Rights Day 2025: EFFAT Rejects EU Sustainability Deal that Fails Workers and the Planet
Brussels, 10 December 2025 | On Human Rights Day, EFFAT warns that the political deal on the EU Sustainability Omnibus reached yesterday sides with reckless corporations over workers and the planet, gutting accountability and leaving communities, in Europe and across...
EU Quality Jobs Act: EFFAT Demands Subject to Social Partners Consultation
EFFAT acknowledges positive elements in the newly published EU Quality Jobs Roadmap and Act, the package of social policy initiatives announced yesterday by the European Commission. Following years and months of intense mobilisation, including the publication of an...
Support the Global Week of Action of Hotel Housekeepers
This week is Global Week of Action for Hotel Housekeepers. As EU institutions increasingly recognise abusive subcontracting as a major barrier to equal treatment in the labour market, EFFAT stands in solidarity with hotel housekeepers across Europe. These essential...
Employment Committee vote to curb abusive subcontracting and unregulated labour intermediaries sends a clear signal to the European Commission
Brussels 3 December 2025 - Today, union federations EFBWW, EFFAT, and ETF, along with workers and MEPs, gathered outside the European Parliament to show their support ahead of the EMPL Committee vote on the report addressing abusive subcontracting and unregulated...
EFFAT Sets Out Its Vision for a European Sustainable Tourism Strategy
EFFAT welcomes the European Commission’s plan to publish the first-ever European Sustainable Tourism Strategy in 2026. As tourism destinations face increasing visitor numbers and rising climate risks, this strategy represents a crucial opportunity to balance the...
Opening the Doors of Recognition: EFFAT Launches Guiding Framework to Formalise and Protect Domestic Workers in Europe
Amsterdam, 17 November 2025: Today, at a high-level event in Amsterdam, EFFAT officially launched the Guiding Framework for the Recognition and Regulation of Domestic Work, a landmark tool designed to formalise the sector, ensure decent working conditions, and grant...
EU-Mercosur Agreement betrays European farmers, workers, consumers and the environment
As the EU-Mercosur Agreement continued to be pushed by the Commission, key EU agri-food organisations, as well as environmental and labour rights advocates, once again raise a strong, unified voice against the severe risks the agreement poses to EU food security,...
Park the Omnibus Tomorrow!
EFFAT Executive Committee gathered today in Brussels to speak with one voice for progress and workers'rights As the European Parliament prepares to vote on amendments to the Omnibus package on corporate sustainability and due diligence, EFFAT reiterates its call for...
Nestlé Workers and Their Trade Unions Denounce Job Cuts and Lack of Involvement in European & Global Restructuring Plans
Brussels, 31 October 2025 European trade unions with membership in Nestlé held an urgent meeting, coordinated by EFFAT and IUF, following the company's announcement to cut 16,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years, largely affecting Europe. The unions call on...
EFFAT welcomes European Parliament’s rejection of JURI’s Omnibus mandate
EFFAT welcomes today's decision by the European Parliament, rejecting the Committee on Legal Affairs’ (JURI) decision to enter into trilogue negotiations with its recently adopted Report. With 318 votes against and 309 in favour, Members of the European Parliament...
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