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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Uila Italy presents research on the importance of secondary welfare in the food and agriculture sector01/12/2014EFFAT's Italian affiliate Uila (Unione Italiana dei Lavori Agroalimentari, or the Italian union for food and agriculture jobs) has recently presented research on the importance of secondary welfare (that is, social provisions agreed through collective negotiation on employment contracts) ... -
Conclusions of the Conference for Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe titled “Identify priorities to overcome the crisis and the successful implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy to promote employment - a European initiative of EFFAT”, 18-19 Nov19/11/2014This conference, attended by union representatives of the seventh region, as well as representatives of the governing bodies of EFFAT, was made possible through the co-funding of the European Commission. The conference also received the support of external experts from employers' organisations... -
Request for experts for a EU co-financed project on combining competitiveness, quality employment and job-security for seasonal workers in agriculture31/07/2014EFFAT applied for and has obtained co-financing from the European Commission to run a project to make working in agriculture a more attractive option by combining competitiveness, quality employment and job security for seasonal workers in the sector. You will find attached a document in...
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EFFAT calls for 2 million new jobs in agriculture and rural areas27/06/2014At the General Assembly of European trade unions representing agricultural workers held in the Austrian town of Villach, the President of EFFAT’s agriculture sector, Peter Holm, presented a study by his federation on the possibility of creating more than two million new jobs in agriculture within... -
Italy: Improved contract for agricultural workers04/04/2014On 3 April 2014, FAI CISL, FLAI-CGIL and UILA-UIL opened negotiations on the review of the national collective agreement for almost a million agriculture and nursery workers.Italy’s agriculture sector has delivered positive results in recent years, in spite of the crisis, and is one of the most... -
Finland: Government report advocates better working conditions for berry pickers24/03/2014A new government-commissioned report has recommended that wild berry pickers are employed under better conditions. The rapporteur, Markku Wallin, has examined the situation and the working conditions of some 4,000 wild berry pickers coming to Finland every year, most of them from...
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Publication on maintenance in agriculture: some examples of ways to help prevent accidents and diseases among agricutural workers20/11/2011 -
2010 Study on undeclared work in European agriculture11/11/2011 -
Strengthening social dialogue in the agricultural sector in the new Member States and candidate countries: experts' report31/10/2011 -
Posting of workers in the European agricultural sector - 10 contributions for the protection of workers08/09/2011 -
Users' manual on assessing working conditions in agriculture31/05/2010 -
Impact of the Seasonal Workers Directive on EFFAT sectors02/04/2010
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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.