EFFAT initiatives
Press releases
- EFFAT Reaction on COVID-19 outbreak | Link
- #COVID -19 | A social emergency for millions of precarious workers in Europe | Link
EFFAT Letters to the European Commission
- COVID-19 Outbreak, workers in agriculture and food production deserve better protection [24 March 2020, Link]
- EFFAT Letter to EU institutions: Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic – time to prepare for a more sustainable and socially responsible tourism [5 May 2020, Link ]
EFFAT Demands and Publications related to COVID-19
- EFFAT Orientation paper relaunching and rethinking tourism 2020 [ 3 July 2020, Link ]
Social Dialogue: Joint statements with Employers
- Joint EFFAT – FDE | Food and drink trade unions and industry call for worker support [ 25 march 2020| Link]
- Sugar Beet Initiative – COVID-19 and the EU Beet Sugar Sector [ 20 March 2020 | Link ]
- Social partners of the European Horeca sector recommend companies and employees to act responsibly, and call upon public authorities for support measures during and after the COVID-19 outbreak [11 March 2020 | Link ]
- EFFAT – EFFE – EFSI – UNI-Europa Joint Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Personal & Household Services (PHS) [ 01 April 2020 | Link ]
- Joint FoodDrinkEurope-EFFAT Guidelines to protect the health and safety of workers in food business during COVID-19 outbreak [ 09 April 2020 | EN | ES | FR | DE | HR | NL ]
- Joint EFFAT – Hotrec Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 contaiment measures [ 27 April 2020 | Link ]
- Joint EFFAT – FDE – HOTREC – FSE statement : Urgent support needed for hospitality-tourism sector in COVID-19 crisis [ 12 May 2020 | Link]
- Joint EFFAT – GEOPA COPA declaration on the deployment of seasonal workers from EU countries in the EU [ 15 May 2020 | Link]
- Joint EFFAT – FDE – Geopa statement : Only healthy workers can feed Europe [ 5 December 2020 | Link ]
Other Joint Initiatives
- European Tourism Manifesto: European Tourism Sector demand measures to mitigate COVID-19 impact
[17 March 2020 | Link ] - Joint Statement Farm Workers – Without rights for agri-food workers, Europe’s food supplies rest on shaky ground.
[16 April 2020 | Link ] - ETUC Briefing Note – National measures targeting seasonal workers to address labour shortages (particularly in the Agriculture sector) [ 12 June 2020 | Link ]
Recommendations to TNC – EWC Coordinators
- EFFAT Recommendations [ 20 March 2020 | EN | FR | DE | ]
- EFFAT – ETUF Joint Recommendations – Anticipating and managing the impact of COVID-19 in multinational companies [ March 2020 | EN | FR | DE | ES | IT | NL | SV | PL | CZ ]
- EFFAT – ETUF Joint Recommendations – How to deal with EWC/SE negotiations during the COVID-19 crisis [ Avril 2020 | EN | FR | DE | ES | IT | NL | SV | CZ ]
- EFFAT – ETUF Joint Recommendations – Temporary arrangements for transnational meetings during the COVID-19 crisis [ October 2020 | CZ | DE | EN | ES | FR | IT | NL | SV ]
ETUC
Please access a list compiled by the ETUC outlining Tripartite and bipartite social partners agreements and other governmental measures adopted to deal with the challenges related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
IUF
- IUF | Coronavirus: lessons from a pandemic | Link
- IUF | Information and updates from affiliates | Link
- IUF | Recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease | Link
- IUF | Sectoral Demands – Agriculture – Food and Beverages – Hotels – Equality – Fast Food
- IUF Asia / Pacific | Basic Principles of protection against COVID-19 | Link
- IUF Asia / Pacific | Our right to a safe workplace – COVID-19 Occupational disease | Link
National initiatives relevant for the EFFAT Sectors
Here below you can find a list of country fact sheets outlining relevant information concerning the impact of COVID-19 in the EFFAT Sectors. You will also find measures adopted at national and sectoral level concerning workers in our sectors.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT | EN | FR | DE | ES | NL | IT |
AUSTRIA
Please click here
BELGIUM
Please click here
Food Industry Sector Guide EN | FR | ES | NL
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
Please click here
BULGARIA
Please click here
CROATIA
Please click here
DENMARK
Please click here
FINLAND
Please click here
Changes to collective agreements due to the coronavirus
FRANCE
Please click here
Plan de continuité d’activité face à l’épidemie Coronavirus
Guide d’aide à la préparation au déconfinement et ou à la reprise d’activité pour les entreprises alimentaires
GERMANY
Please click here
IRELAND
Please click here
ITALY
Please click here
NETHERLANDS
Please click here
NORTH MACEDONIA
Please click here
NORWAY
Please click here
POLAND
Please click here
SPAIN
Please click here for the National Fact Sheet
CEHAT, CCOO and UGT Joint agreement – ERTES
Protocol and guide to good protection and prevention of workers in the food sector.
SWEDEN
Please click here
TURKEY
Please click here
UNITED KINGDOM
Please click here for the National Fact Sheet
Statement by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), Unite, Usdaw, BFAWU and GMB
Measures adopted at company level
We are currently collecting information about measures adopted in Transnational companies (with an overview of the measures adopted in each country where the TNC operates) as well as site level protocols and agreements signed with our affiliates in specific companies at national level.
You will find many of these agreements signed at national company level by clicking on the companies listed below with active link. Please note that for confidentiality reasons we are not able to publish all the information we have gathered.
Below a preliminary list of companies:
Transnational Companies (overview measures taken in each of the country where the Company operate)
Food Drink Tobacco:
Mondelez
Danone | Communication to all Danone Employees EN / FR | Activity Management Agreement |
Kraft Heinz | FR | ES | IT Schreiber | CZ | ESP Arla
CCEP
Hospitality:
Compass, Club Med – Current sitatuion
National Company level. Please click on the name of each company to download the relevant information.
Italy
Barilla Bakery, Ferrero Alba, Saiwa Alessandria Zuegg , Campari ,Centrale del Latte Rapallo, Granarolo Soliera , Birra Peroni, Parmareggio , Grandi Salumifici Italiani , Suincom , Barry Callebaut , Nestlé , San Pellegrino, Avi Coop , Lactalis , Granarolo, Nestlè-S.Pellegrino 1 April verbale di accordo, Nestlè-S.Pellegrino 1 April verbale di incontro
UK
Coca Cola,Heineken, JD Egberts, PepsiCo, Hovis, Cadburry, Marston’s, Princes Foods, Pladis Jacobs MacVittie | Link for an overview
Nestlé
Denmark
Arla, Danish Crown | Link
Germany
British American Tobacco | Link
Short time arrangements at Coca Cola EP Germany | EN | ES | NL |
This list is a work in progress; please ask the Secretariat if you want more information about any specific company.
