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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EFFAT welcoms victory for Right2Water initiave in European Parliament10/09/2015EFFAT joins EPSU in welcoming the 9 September EP vote demanding that the EC makes substantial legislative proposals to recognise the human right to water and sanitation as defined by the UN. Read more about the European Public Service Union's press release on the vote below.http://www.... -
EFFAT releases Project Report on the European Employment Strategy 2020 in the Agriculture Sector04/09/2015EFFAT agriculture sector has carried out a European project with the support of the European Commission, DG EMPL, on the European Employment Strategy 2020.In close cooperation with its member organisations in Bulgaria, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, EFFAT produced a report entitled: Identifying... -
IUF and EFFAT condemn UK govt's attack on union rights02/09/2015IUF and EFFAT have sent a joint letter to Employment Commissioner Thyssen to express their strong opposition to the UK government’s new Trade Union Bill to be discussed in the House of Parliament in autumn 2015. If approved, the Bill will severely restrict the ability of... -
Combating gangmasters with a network for dignified agricultural work02/09/2015A 30 year old Malian migrant worker has likely died in Italy last week in the tomato fields of Rignano Garganico near Foggia. He lived in a slum known as the Ghetto, where approximately 2000 migrants are housed. Authorities have not been able to find his body and suspect gangsters may... -
The relentless fight against precarious employment in seasonal labour10/07/2015EFFAT Agriculture steps up the fight against social and economic exploitation of seasonal workers 6-8 July 2015 - Four out of the seven million workers currently working in the agricultural sector in Europe are seasonal workers. As this category is often more heavily exploited than... -
EFFAT and IFOAM EU urge EU Agriculture Ministers to safeguard the European organic sector05/05/2015Brussels, 5 May 2015 – On the occasion of yesterday’s meeting of the EU Special Committee on Agriculture and ahead of EU Ministers meeting, Copa-Cogeca, EFFAT and IFOAM EU urged in a letter sent to EU Agriculture Ministers to safeguard the European organic sector and not introduce measures that...
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EFFAT supports the European Trade Union Confederation’s (ETUC) call: Europe must address its social debt15/10/2012EFFAT and ETUC support a European Union that promotes good jobs, decent wages, social progress and social justice. We oppose the dismantling of our social model that serves as inspiration to workers throughout the world. We are serious about our demand that social rights should have priority over...
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Report of the experts on seasonal work (presented at the Marseille Conference)18/08/2012This report is only available in French.Contents of the report:- Report on the inquiries carried out in the countries concerned (Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic)and Evaluation of the answers- Recruitement, life and housing conditions of seasonal...
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Minutes of the European conference on social security in agriculture (Brussels, 25-26/06/2012)07/08/2012Minutes of the European Conference that was organized in Brussels, on 25 and 26 June 2012, by EFFAT Agriculture Sector with financial support from the EU, on the following topic: Coordinating social security systems within the framework of the free movement of workers: EFFAT contribution to the...
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Leaflet on European Social Dialogue in Agriculture: On the path to a social Europe20/03/2012 -
Living and working conditions of seasonal and migrant agricultural workers19/01/2012It is impossible to take into account their skills and their experience and this is the reason why salaries are low for workers coming from other member States.A significant number of workers from Eastern Europe have higher vocational skills but in a different sector and the seasonal work over a...
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Message from EFFAT President, Bruno VANNONI15/12/2011The two recent crises have brought about new challenges for Europe. Whether economic, political or trade union-related, we must confront these challenges because they concern the future of social democracy. Successive attacks against individual countries and the Euro are exacerbating the...
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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.