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 and ETUI report about migrant farm labourers working in near-slavery25/08/2017A blood shed is ongoing in Africa, due to wars dictatorships and famine. The hope of building a new life in Europe, too often end up in falling victim to serious forms of labour exploitation, if not in death.EFFAT’s sectors, in particular tourism and agriculture are the main receivers of the... -
Call for tender for a European co-funded project on "Occupational Health & Safety"15/05/2017EFFAT will carry out with the financial support of the European Commission a European project on the topic: "Improvement of occupational health and safety in European agriculture, horticulture and forestry". For the carrying out of this project you will find attached a call for tender...
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Major threat to our food and farms, says civil society28/03/2017More than 200 organisations have today raised their objections to the planned mergers of six giant agriculture corporations. The farmer, farmworker, beekeeper, religious, international development, and environmental groups claim that the three resulting companies will concentrate market power... -
EFFAT promotes the social reform of the CAP18/02/2017On the occasion of the regional conference of the Germanspeaking agricultural trade unions, end of February 2017 in Vienna, the trade unions involved agreed on a joint action in the EFFAT campaign "For a social European agricultural policy". In this way, the agriculture trade unions want to... -
EFFAT Agriculture sector responds to the European Commission communication on European Pillar of Social Rights12/01/2017On 8 March 2016, the European Commission (COM) launched a public consultation on strengthening the European Union’s social base termed the “European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR)”. Rural areas in Europe are going through the current crisis virtually unprotected. For this reason, the political... -
Valuing migrant seasonal workers: EFFAT / FAI CISL project highlights strengthening union synergies as priorities13/12/2016The FAI-CISL and EFFAT European project on “Valuing migrant seasonal workers through a sectoral social dialogue that will professionalise its contents” (VP 2015/001/0064) has come to an end this week with a conference in Rome. The initiative saw the participation of a large delegation of European...
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The effects of demographic change on the situation of workers and others employed in European farming23/04/2015This brochure has been carried out in the framework of the European project on demographic challenges in agriculture, with the financial support from the European Commission (DG EMPL) and in partnership with our affiliated organizations in the agricultural sector. It presents a common... -
The challenges of demographic change for agricultural employment: making the agricultural industry more appealing20/04/2015This report is the summary report of the European project on "Demographic challenges in agriculture" carried out in partnership with our affiliated members in Bulgaria (FNSZ), Czech Republic (OSPZV-ASO CR), France (FGA-CFDT), Germany (IG BAU), Italy (ALPAA, FAI-CISL, FLAI-CGIL), Spain (FEAGRA-CCOO...
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Green jobs in agriculture and rural areas27/06/2014This brochure was compiled within the framework of the one-year project entitled ‘Development of green jobs in the agricultural sector: contribution to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy’.It was funded by the European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and... -
European Elections 2014: Manifesto of the European Social Partners in Agriculture16/05/2014From 22 to 25 May 2014, the citizens in the 28 Member States of the European Union are called on to vote for the members of the European Parliament. These include some 40 million voters, farmers, workers and family workers, who are active in agriculture. These people form an important part of the... -
EFFAT position on the seasonal workers directive15/04/2014The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) represents 120 national trade unions from 38 European countries, and defends the interests of more than 2.6 million members towards the European Institutions, European industrial associations and enterprise management.In... -
Study: Development in agriculture and rural areas of Bulgaria11/12/2013A new study titled Development in agriculture and rural areas of Bulgaria: From implementing full EU CAP in the first seven years of full EU membership and the potentials for improvements by Iordan Velikov provides a comprehensive analysis of development and the rural areas in...
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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.