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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Brussels film premiere exposes migrants caught in web of modern-day slavery in Puglia25/11/2013On 25 November 2013, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT), together with the Puglia Region, and FLAI-CGIL (the Italian National Federation for Agricultural Workers), presented the Brussels premiere of the acclaimed and provocative film “Schiavi – Le rotte di... -
Invitation: Presentation of the film “Schiavi – Le rotte di nuove forme di sfruttamento” (Slaves – Routes to new forms of exploitation)19/11/2013The Puglia Region, FLAI-CGIL and the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) are pleased to invite you to a conference on migrants and employment in Puglia that will be held at the Brussels office of the Puglia Region, Rue du Trône 62 on 25 November 2013. ... -
EU agriculture could generate 2 million genuine ‘green jobs’02/10/2013On 1-2 October, EFFAT presented findings of a project supported by the European Commission on the development of green jobs in agriculture and their contribution to achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy.A key component of the project was a study by Réseau Projectives, which involved a... -
The social partners in European Agriculture celebrate 50 years of improvements to the social situation of employers and workers26/09/2013On 18 September 2013 the social partners in European agriculture – EFFAT, representing workers, and GEOPA on behalf of employers – celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their sectorial social dialogue.Recognising the importance of European-level cooperation early on, “the agricultural sector was a... -
First European Citizens’ Initiative collects almost 2 Million signatures across Europe!12/09/2013In recognition of the fact that around two million people in Europe still do not have access to water or sanitation services, EFFAT supports the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) on the 'Right2Water'.Since 9 September the national branches of the right2water.eu campaign have been handing in the... -
CFDT France: Bringing seasonal workers to our attention02/09/2013It's been three years since the CFDT has led a “seasonal action” in North Poitou. However, the union is still raising-awareness of migrants coming to France for seasonal work, particularly those from Bulgaria. Laurent Chérigny, Federal Secretary of FGA-CFDT in charge of agricultural production...
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Rural qualification: the qualification passport for workers in rural services01/09/2008The "Rural qualification" passport is the main outcome of the EU project carried out in partnership with CEETTAR and with the support of the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission on the topic "Development of skills and training for new and qualified jobs... -
Proceedings of the European seminar of ALPA on social Agriculture09/05/2008ALPA carried out end of 2008 in Rocca di Papa and Grottaferrata(close to Rome/Italy) a European seminar on the topic: "Social agriculture: new frontiers of multi-functionality in agriculture".This seminar was organized in collaboration with EFFAT and received the financial support of the European... -
Minutes of the European conference on black work in agriculture (Rapallo/Italy, 14-15/03/2008)08/05/2008The minutes of the conference on "Black work in agriculture" held in Rapallo (Italy) on 14-15 March 2008 is only available in French and German.
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Key proposals of agricultural workers and their trade unions for a social orientation of the CAP within Health Check15/03/2008Paper adopted at the General Assembly Agriculture in Rapallo on 15 March 2008.
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Flyer of information for workers on bluetongue disease18/12/2007 -
Information flyer for workers on foot and mouth disease17/12/2007
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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.