In this section EFFAT provides its affiliates with the tools to take action in their member states on those labour related issues that most affect workers. Here, EFFAT coordinates and implements solidarity and support actions at every stage of the food chain, wherever it is most needed in Europe
Since 8 September 2017 more than 70 workers (mostly Polish, but also Lithuanians and Norwegians) have been on strike in fish processing company Norse Production based just outside Bergen on the west coast of Norway. The workers who are organized in the IUF and EFFAT...
EFFAT supports the ETUC, TUs and civil society organisations in the process of lobbying on Public Country-by-Country reports from Multinational companies. The EC Directive imposes all multinationals (with turnover above 750 million euros) with activities in Europe...
Since last October, fast-food workers in Germany have been in a conflict with employers over fair pay and a living wage. In collective bargaining with the German food workers union NGG, the companies have offered a wage which is considerably below what the German...
Dear Supporter, Almost 24000 brothers and sisters in the Spanish poultry and rabbit meat sector are facing extremely precarious working conditions. Although the sector continues to thrive, the problem is the contractual weakness in price fixing among the players in...
Two-hundred hotel workers at Sheraton Brussels hotel in Belgium have paid the price of a conflict between the owner, the UK-based property group International Real Estate Ltd, and Starwood, recently bought by Marriott. The hotel owner and Starwood could not agree on...
The European Commission is finally ready to listen to workers and citizens. It currently seeks our opinion on how to make Europe more social again. Social Rights First! Trade Unions have worked out a plan to put social rights before the interests of big business and...
