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EFFAT Condemns Lieferando’s Mass Layoffs and Push for Precarious Work in Austria
The European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) strongly condemns Lieferando Austria's decision to dismantle its employed courier model, laying off around 1000 delivery riders and 65 operational staff. This abrupt shift to a freelance...
EU Parliament Backs EFFAT’s call for an EU Directive on Subcontracting and Labour Intermediaries
Brussels 13 March 2025: Today, the European Parliament has backed EFFAT’s demand for an EU Directive to tackle the exploitation of workers in subcontracting chains and labour intermediation in the report The motion for a resolution 'Social and employment aspects of...
CEFS and EFFAT Sound the Alarm on Mercosur Deal—Again
On Friday 7 March, the social partners of the SSDC Sugar (CEFS and EFFAT) called on the European Member States and the European Parliament not to give the green light to the EU-Mercosur agreement as negotiated. At a time when the EU's domestic beet sugar sector is...
Advancing Gender Equality in EFFAT Sectors – A Commitment on International Women’s Day and Beyond
Brussels, 8 March 2025 - This International Women's Day, EFFAT stresses its key findings from our comprehensive report – "Understanding Gender Inequalities in EFFAT Sectors" – bringing into sharp focus the persistent gender inequalities across food, agriculture,...
Omnibus Package: EU Takes a Major Step Backwards in the Defence of Human Rights
The Omnibus package published yesterday by the European Commission seriously undermines the objectives of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the EU Taxonomy. The proposed amendments...
EU Vision for Agri-Food: The Commission recognizes the importance of raising labour standards: Now Time for Concrete Actions on Workers’ Rights
Brussels, 19 February 2025 – EFFAT welcomes the European Commission's vision for the future of the agri-food sector up to 2040. The text marks a step forward in recognising the importance of fair working and living conditions and collective bargaining in agriculture...
EFFAT Champions Workers’ Rights at European Board of Agriculture and Food Inaugural Meeting
Brussels 4 February 2025 - EFFAT today took part in the inaugural meeting of the European Board on Agriculture and Food (EBAF), a new initiative led by the European Commission to foster cooperation between stakeholders in the food supply chain and civil society to...
Cargill Calls for Restructuring – EFFAT Affiliates Answer with Unity
Cargill, the global agribusiness giant, revealed at the beginning of December plans to reduce its global workforce by 5%, amounting to approximately 8,000 employees. This decision marks the company’s largest restructuring initiative in the past 25 years, with Europe...
Due Diligence Is Not Red Tape – EFFAT Calls on the Commission to Defend Corporate Accountability Amid Deregulation Trends
EFFAT has officially sent a letter to the European Commission, urging to uphold corporate accountability and reject any attempts to weaken key EU sustainability regulations. Representing 2.6 million workers in some of the most precarious sectors—where labour rights...
The time for delay is over: EU must phase out pesticides and build sustainable food systems
85 organisations - including environmental, health, and human rights groups, as well as farm worker unions and farmer organisations - have created a Roadmap for Pesticide Phase-Out for EU policy-makers. This document outlines key demands and actionable steps to reduce...
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