Europe’s hotel, restaurant and catering sector features 1.8 million companies employing almost 10 million workers. Tourism is one of the few sectors of the European economy with a high potential for growth and job creation, particularly providing an entry into the labour market for young people. Given the high percentage of atypical employment in the tourism sector, the EFFAT mission is to promote decent and fair working conditions. EFFAT activities in the tourism sector include promoting improvement and recognition of qualifications and skills, socially responsible and sustainable tourism, and strengthening social dialogue in the sector to improve working conditions.
Kerstin Howald
k.howald@effat.org
Around 1.000 Icelandic hotel housekeepers are going on a strike tomorrow at the International Women‘s Day to demand living wages and better working conditions in the industry. The housekeeping industrial action on the 8th of March applies to cleaning, housekeeping and...
7 November marks European Tourism Day. Today, once again, the EU champions one of the most rapidly expanding sectors of the European economy, accounting for 10% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 7% of world exports and one in ten jobs worldwide. Tourism is one...
Hotel housekeepers and their unions will be taking action around the globe in the week of 8-14 October 2018. This year, unions will be focusing on the need for negotiated measures to tackle the routine sexual harassment which threatens housekeepers’ safety and...
On 4 October 2018, fast food workers all over the globe are rising up to demand their right to a union, better working conditions and a living wage. In the UK, a growing number of workers is coming out in support of hospitality workers' strikes on 4 October 2018, with...