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...
Health safety
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...
International Workers Memorial Day 2020 – EFFAT joins with the European trade union movement to mourn those lost to COVID-19
Every year on April 28, throughout the world the trade union movement comes together to mark International Workers Memorial Day, remembering those who have died at work, or from work-related...
EFFAT – EFFE – EFSI – UNI-Europa Joint Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Personal and Household Services (PHS)
The statement is supported by IDWF (International Domestic Workers Federation)
Across Europe, personal and household services (PHS) provider organisations, private employers and workers are mobilising...
COVID-19 Emergency | EFFAT launches new page highlighting impact on EFFAT sectors & affiliates’ updates
The COVID-19 outbreak is having a seismic impact on the world and the way people live together with inevitable consequences on the working conditions of all workers.
Representing 25 million...
Food and drink trade unions and industry call for worker support
Food and drink is Europe’s largest manufacturing sector and our two organisations come together as EU Social Partners to represent the employees (EFFAT) and employers (FoodDrinkEurope) in the industry. Please...
Decree Chiudi Italia – EFFAT expresses solidarity with all Italian Trade unions tirelessly working for the protections of workers’ health and livelihood
EFFAT expresses its solidarity to Italian trade unions in their tireless attempt to protect workers’ health and livelihood amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Following the Italian Government’s latest announcement to stop...
#COVID-19 – A social emergency for millions of precarious workers in Europe
The Coronavirus is changing the world and the way people live together. Measures to contain and combat the COVID-19 pandemic have inevitable consequences on the working conditions of...
Coronavirus – EFFAT echoes concerns over impact on jobs and workers in Italy
With more than 650 confirmed cases and 17 fatalities in Northern Italy, Italy has seen a sharp spike in cases of coronavirus (COVID 19) forcing the government to impose a...
EU tool free of charge will help HORECA companies test if they are compliant with European legislation on health and safety at work
Brussels, 29 November 2019: HOTREC, the European umbrella association of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés, and its trade union counter-part EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions,...
EFFAT Congress stands with fast food workers all over the globe demanding decent pay and working conditions
Zagreb, Croatia – One week prior to International Fast Food Workers day, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) and the International Union of Food, Agricultural,...
EFFAT joins worldwide call for workplace justice for Hotel Housekeepers
This week is the 6th annual Hotel Housekeepers Global Week of Action, as hotel housekeepers and their unions across the world take action to fight for dignified working conditions and...
International Domestic Workers Day – support the ILO Convention to end violence and harassment at the workplace!
On 16 June 2019, EFFAT joined the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) calling for a strong ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work.
Over 100...
Health & safety: Better protection for workers
Every year thousands of workers die in the European agriculture, hundreds of thousands are injured and many fall ill. Our industries are still the most dangerous of all industries worldwide...
A safe workplace must be a top priority for the next EU Parliament and Commission
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, EFFAT demands the next EU Parliament and Commission to put safety at the workplace high on the political agenda.
Almost two hundred thousand people die...
Improving Machinery Safety: current issues and emerging risks, automation, robotics and the new Machinery Directive
The Seminar "Improving Machinery Safety: current issues and emerging risks, automation, robotics and the new Machinery Directive"- jointly organised by ETUI, EFFAT and EFBWW - was held in Bruxelles on...
Practical advice for workers on AMR
This “practical advice and guidance” document addresses the role of workers in minimising the risk of exposure to antimicrobial resistant agents. The role of social partners remains very important in...
A sustainable Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) underpins fair treatment of workers in the fish supply chain
A sustainable Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is really in place when workers, from fishers, to aquaculture and food processing staff, are fairly treated throughout the whole fish supply chain.
Unions' role...
A Global Week of Action to call for #Fairhousekeeping!
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...
Promoting proper working conditions in the European meat industry
On 20 September 2018, European trade unions met in Madrid to discuss a range of challenges in the meat sector in Europe. The event was organised by EFFAT’s Spanish member...
EFFAT applauds new committee on pesticides
The controversial decision to re-approve the use of glyphosate for another five years has exposed some fundamental failures of the EU’s pesticide approval system, revealing that chemical companies have an...
Annual report 2017 of the Agriculture sector
This year we have approached representatives of the political centre and the left to win their support for our demands regarding the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). We...
Socio-demographic analysis of the European Sugar Sector
Challenges and opportunities for successful succession planning, youth employment and better health at work.
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