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The EFFAT Company Policy department coordinates cross-border cooperation and solidarity in transnational companies (TNCs) that operate in the EFFAT sectors. It represents and advocates EFFAT views towards TNC management, social partners, stakeholders and the European institutions. To effectively defend workers’ interests and ensure sustainable corporate governance, EFFAT promotes trade union rights, collective bargaining, information, consultation and participation rights in transnational companies. EFFAT tasks include establishing and taking part in European Works Councils (EWCs) that operate in the EFFAT sectors. This entails setting up and coordinating ethical EWCs and providing legal and technical expertise to Special Negotiating Bodies (SNBs) and European Works Councils. The EFFAT Company Policy department advocates EFFAT principles and views with respect to EU dossiers such as workers’ participation, labour law, company law, taxation, collective bargaining and corporate social responsibility.
Enrico Somaglia
e.somaglia@effat.org
Airline catering ETF-EFFAT joint appeal: the Commission must not allow one giant business to dominate the market
(Repost from ETF website) In the name of airline catering workers in Europe, the European Transport Workers’ Federation and EFFAT provided input to an EC merger control case this week with the help of our US colleagues from UNITE HERE! and Teamsters. The case relates...
EFFAT ExCom stands with workers at JDE coffee processing plant, UK
UPDATE 13/03/2020 Following talks with Unite the Union, JDE management at the Banbury (UK) coffee processing plant have agreed to withdraw their ‘sack and reemploy’ ultimatum to workers in order to participate in a process of “meaningful negotiation” with workers’...
Call for tender: “Making full use of the EU social acquis to better shape the impact of technological developments in the European food and drink industry”
Grant agreement - VS/2019/0062 EFFAT is looking for an expert in the framework of the project: Making full use of the EU social acquis to better shape the impact of technological developments in the European food and drink industry. The project has two main...
EWC Coca-Cola European Partners agreement signed after tough and long negotiations
After 3 years negotiations, EFFAT and the Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) signed a long awaited agreement establishing a European Works Council. Operating in 12 European countries and employing 23000 workers the company is the biggest Coca-Cola bottler globally in...
Berry Callebaut workers win their long fought battle for their trade union rights
NGG workers at the Hamburg plant of Barry Callebaut, won a long fought battle for some of their key trade unions rights. Although contemplated in their general collective agreement of confectionery industry, workers were denied of equal treatment on pay, working time...
EFFAT urges for more #DemocracyAtWork
On occasion of the annual ETUC EWC Conference, EFFAT joined the other trade union federations and the ETUC demanding more democracy at work for a sustainable and more balanced corporate government. Different organisations signed a statement calling for new EU...
Cross-border solidarity and fight against inequalities at the heart of the EWC/TNC Coordinators’ Conference
Gathered at the annual EFFAT EWC-TNC Conference in Brussels on 12 and 13 June 2019, around 50 members of national and European works councils, Trade union officers and experts had the opportunity to exchange experiences and good practices around topics of paramount...
CCEP Management denies employees right to be heard at European level!
After almost three years of negotiation Management left the negotiating table when the employee representatives refused to sign an unacceptable proposal Since the creation of Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) in 2016, Trade Unions have denounced continued attacks on...
Coca-Cola attack on jobs and workers’ involvement rights triggers Trade Union action
With the support of EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, workers and trade unions from various countries are taking action on Monday 29 April at Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) headquarters in Anderlecht. Trade Unions,...
EFFAT welcomes the new EWC Agreement signed with Ardo
After three years of negotiations, EFFAT is pleased to announce the signature of the Ardo European Works Councils Agreement. Ardo is a family owned Belgian Group and a worldwide player of fresh frozen vegetables, herbs and fruit. Ardo has production, packing &...
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