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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...
Organising Young Workers for a Stronger Hospitality Sector
As part of the EU-funded Stronger Hospitality project, our recent webinar brought together 45 participants from 18 countries to address the challenges faced by young workers in the hospitality sector and explore strategies for trade union engagement. The hospitality...
Solidarity with Unite members fighting for fair pay at Princes Foods
Workers at Princes Group in the UK are taking industrial action these days to secure fair pay and resist the erosion of previously agreed commitments. With Unite the Union, EFFAT is calling on all its affiliates to share their solidarity and stand with these workers...
NGG Nationwide Action today || Fast-Food Workers Deserve Decent Pay!
EFFAT fully supports its German affiliate NGG in its major nationwide day of action in Hamburg today in support of fast-food workers fighting for decent pay and better working conditions. The NGG is currently renegotiating a national collective agreement in the...
Important Ruling from the EU Court of Justice on Domestic Workers’ Rights
The EU Court of Justice has ruled that domestic employers must implement a system to measure daily working hours, ensuring compliance with Directive 2003/88 on working time. This decision aims to protect workers by allowing them to reliably track their hours and...
Equal Treatment for Migrant Workers: Recognizing the Backbone of Europe’s Prosperity
On this International Migrants Day, EFFAT honours the indispensable role of migrant and mobile seasonal workers in Europe’s agricultural, tourism and domestic work sectors. These workers, who often face systemic exploitation and discrimination, are the backbone of our...
EFFAT backs ETUC’s stance opposing efforts to deregulate EU laws
EFFAT fully supports the joint ETUC’s stance opposing efforts to deregulate essential EU laws like the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The CS3D establishes clear, democratically...
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