Europe numbers one million agricultural employers who provide work to over 7 million workers. With 15 million farm holdings, in which over 40 million people work, the agriculture sector makes a vital contribution to healthy nutrition, and still plays a key role in the economic, environmental and social policies in Europe. EFFAT activities in the agriculture sector include promoting a sustainable Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), safeguarding employment and fair pay in rural areas, and further developing social dialogue in order to improve working conditions in this sector.
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European rally against austerity14/03/2013To coincide with the European Summit, 15,000 workers from several European countries gathered in Brussels on 14 March to urge European leaders to end austerity and promote jobs for young people.The rally, organised by the European Trade Union Confederation, called on the EU to enact the proposals... -
Parliament’s Agriculture Committee votes for stability in EU sugar sector31/01/2013The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) welcomes last week’s vote by the European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee to extend the current regime of national sugar production quotas until 2020, rather than scrap the system from 2015.The... -
DEMONSTRATION against Social dumping and to reject the draft report on the Enforcement Directive on Posting of Workers-23 January 201315/01/2013EFFAT calls on the EU to take firm action to combat SOCIAL DUMPING in the form of pay and employment conditions and social protection. We demand APPROPRIATE HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES, PROPER INSPECTION and EFFECTIVE SANCTIONS. The future EU enforcement directive must include concrete... -
EFFAT agriculture sector calls for free movement and equal treatment of Croatian workers from the date of accession06/12/20121. On 1st July 2013 Croatia will join the European Union.2. The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) Agriculture Board refers to the fact that the majority of Croatian workers are interested in mobility within the European Union, and only through a full...
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EFFAT calls for link between agricultural subsidy caps and employment, training and innovation06/12/2012Amid discussions by the European institutions on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) Secretary for Agriculture, Arnd Spahn, stresses the upside of introducing a ceiling for CAP farm subsidies – otherwise...
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Call for tenders for the provision of services for the project on the social partners' full involvement in the CAP after 2013: a proactive approach for the development of employment04/12/2012Call for proposals for the recruitment of outside experts for a European project cofunded by the EU, which main objective is to develop joined-up working between the CAP and the Europe 2O2O Strategy on jobs, health and training. Deadline to send the proposals: 17 December 2012.
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EFFAT and IUF intervene in key European Pesticide Regulation Vote22/10/2007Through an Open Letter to Members of the European Parliament signed by IUF General Secretary Ron Oswald and European General General Secretary Harald Wiedenhofer, the IUF calls on MEPs to vote to ensure that human health and the environment govern pesticide authorization, that the most toxic...
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Information flyer for workers on avian influenza17/07/2007 -
2nd stage consultation of social partners on MSD: Joint response from EFFAT and GEOPA-COPA11/06/2007
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Resolution adopted by EFFAT and GEOPA-COPA at the social dialogue plenary meeting on 10/05/200710/05/2007
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Charter for the rights of small farmers in Europe adopted in Budapest on 4 May 200704/05/2007
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Declaration of Budapest: "ANIMAL DISEASES THREATEN JOBS AND INCOME IN EUROPE"03/05/2007
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EFFAT is the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions. As a European Trade Union Federation representing 120 national trade unions from 35 European countries, EFFAT defends the interests of more than 22 million workers towards the European Institutions, European employers’ associations and transnational companies. EFFAT is a member of the ETUC and the European regional organisation of the IUF.