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...
Precarious work
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...
Gender Pay Gap – Trade Unions demand an End to Pay Secrecy
Ahead of the European Commission’s publication of its proposals for binding rules on gender pay transparency, EFFAT took part today in a visual street theatre action in front of the...
EU Minimum Wage initiative: First stage Consultation document lacks ambition
The first stage consultation document issued yesterday by the Commission aims at collecting Social Partners reaction on a possible Union action addressing the challenges related to fair minimum wages.
Reacting...
Domestic workers: time for a fair collective agreement for 140.000 in Belgium
Since June 2019, trade unions and employers in Belgium have been negotiating to conclude a fair collective agreement on wages and working conditions for domestic workers employed via service vouchers.
...
Solidarity with Bulgaria affiliates taking the streets in defence of their social security rights
Today EFFAT sends its message of support and solidarity to all NFZGS CL Podkrepa’s members taking the streets to defend their trade union as well as social and social security...
International Day of Action for Fast Food Workers’ Rights – EFFAT stands in solidarity
Tuesday 12 November 2019 marks an international day of action for fast food workers’ rights. Across the EU and the USA, fast food workers are demanding a living wage, decent...
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,...
World Day of Decent Work | 7 October 2019 Invest in Care
Under the slogan - Invest in Care - World Day of Decent Work this year sheds a light on the hard and vital work of domestic and care workers 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...
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...
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...
EFFAT affiliates united to end child labour in global agriculture
12 June 2019: World Day Against Child Labour - As 2 million children in West-Africa are currently exploited in the cocoa production, global trade unions in the food supply chain...
International Women’s Day – Women turnout at EU elections will be key for progress on gender equality
On International Women’s Day on 8th March, EFFAT and the entire European trade union movement are calling for women to be the agents of change.
With their election programme “A...
Call for tender: “Fighting sexual harassment and violence at work in the agriculture, food, tourism and domestic work sectors” – VS/2019/0035
EFFAT is looking for external experts for its project: “Fighting sexual harassment and violence at work in the agriculture, food, tourism and domestic work sectors” - VS/2019/0035
A full description of...
CCEP BE and LUX announce restructuring of the Direct Service Delivery and Chaqwa Coffee organisations
CCEP announced today to the works council and the entire workforce the intention of changing its business model regarding the delivery of goods and the distribution of Chaqwa Coffee.
Stating...
Fuenlabrada workers win their fight!
After 5 years of conflict and struggle with Coca Cola (CCEP), workers of Fuenlabrada, put an end to the labor and social conflict started in 2014. According to an agreement that...
Your vision, your future: Participate in the Future Vision of Youth at Work 2030 Survey!
Are you under 35 years old, with some work experience or about to enter working life? Then we would like to hear from you! We are asking young people 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...
Wage dumping made easier
ECJ overturns Austrian regulations against wage and social dumping
Black Tuesday for Social Europe: On 13th November the European Court of Justice (ECJ) overturned parts of the Austrian law to...
Tourism is growing and workers deserve their fair share!
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...
Gender pay gap in the EFFAT sectors touches 29% – A long road to equality
On 3 November 2018, Equal Pay Day, EFFAT reflects on why women‘s significant progress in terms of educational achievements and career possibilities does not correspond to gender parity and equal...
World Food Day 2018 – EFFAT calls for decent working conditions through the food supply chain
Brussels, 16 October 2018 – On World Food Day, EFFAT is calling for the enforcement of decent working conditions for all workers that contribute to bringing food to our table...
World Day for Decent Work – ‘Changes the rules’: TO DO list for EU
The current European Commission and Parliament have until May 2019 to ‘change the rules’ to promote decent work for people across the EU who are getting increasingly disillusioned over precarious...
#FastFoodGlobal – EFFAT supports workers fighting for a living wage
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...
Support our colleagues in Finland
On Wednesday 3 October, our colleagues in Finland will defend the rights of all employees against unfair dismissal by going on a political strike.
The Finnish government has put forward...
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...
McAvoidin’it: European Commissioner Vestager says McDonald’s tax practices lawful, yet unfair
Coalition of trade unions and anti-poverty group calls on the European Union and its Member States to strengthen legal tools against corporate tax avoidance.
On Wednesday, 19 September 2018, the...
FLAI, FAI and UILA act against endless slaughter in tomato harvesting
On 6 August, 12 migrant workers died on the roads of the province of Foggia in the Italian region of Apullia. They were crammed in the back of a white van...
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