A new EFFAT report identifies the appalling working, employment and housing conditions affecting thousands of meat workers in many countries across Europe as the reasons why meat processing plants have become vectors for the spread of Covid-19. Launched today, the...
Food
EFFAT represents the interests of over 4.5 million workers across Europe in the food and drink sector. As the largest in Europe, this is a key EU area in terms of workforce, innovation and high quality products. The EFFAT mission is to fight social dumping and reach fair pay and decent working conditions. Through its active participation in the social dialogue at European level, EFFAT negotiates agreements with European employers’ organisations that aim to improve workers’ conditions
Estelle Brentnall
e.brentnall@effat.org
Trade Unions representing tens of millions of workers worldwide file OECD complaint over McDonald’s failure to tackle sexual harassment
On 18 May 2020, an international coalition of trade unions comprising EFFAT, the International Union of Foodworkers (IUF), União Geral dos Trabalhadores (Brazil), and the Service Employees International Union (US and Canada) filed a first-of-its-kind complaint...
Without rights for agri-food workers, Europe’s food supplies rest on shaky ground
Today EFFAT joins forces with other 27 organisations including the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Fair Trade Advocacy Office, the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI), Oxfam, PICUM (the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented...
COVID19: EFFAT and FoodDrinkEurope step up their effort to promote joint guidelines for the protection of food workers
With 4,7 million workers providing Europeans with their daily food, EFFAT and FoodDrinkEurope, social partners in the food and drink industry have jointly released sectoral guidelines to be observed in companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this joint...
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