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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Italy: A day among the forced labourers of the melon farms; working in 40 degree heat at 5 euros an hour02/08/2013Following the collapse of an Indian worker in the melon fields of Rivalta, FLAI CGIL decided to see the situation first-hand. Exploitative labour is a reality experienced by many immigrants who succumb to slavery in order to work. Rumours of ‘fatigue payments’ further fuel the phenomenon of... -
Sweden: Kommunal gets involved to eliminate child labour13/06/2013Trade unions are key to tackling the issues at the heart of child labour, said Nick Grisewood, Chief Technical Adviser of the International Labour Organisation’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, at a conference held at the Swedish Parliament on 13 June.Low wages and a... -
First ever European Citizens Initiative to make it!07/05/2013The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) on the 'Right2Water' has collected over 1.5 million signatures across Europe, and continues counting.Eight countries have passed the minimum number of signatures required, including: Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovakia and... -
European labour exploitation hits rock bottom as unpaid migrant workers shot in Greece19/04/2013In a tragic and unprecedented event, up to 30 migrant strawberry pickers in Greece have been shot by at least one farm supervisor in a pay dispute that shows precarious and exploitative employment arrangements in Europe have hit rock bottom.What are not unprecedented are the circumstances that led... -
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2013 – EFFAT calls on members to “mourn for the dead; fight like hell for the living”03/04/2013International Workers’ Memorial Day, which falls annually on 28 April, is the largest annual health and safety event in the world and a timely occasion to campaign for a preventative approach to health and safety risks in the workplace, and better enforcement of health and safety laws. ... -
World Water Day 201320/03/2013World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. In 2013, in reflection of the...
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List of measures to combat the cattle disease BSE17/12/2007
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Information flyer for workers on processionary moths17/12/2007 -
Flyer of information for workers on giant-hogweed (giant cow-parsley)17/12/2007 -
Information flyer for workers on foot and mouth disease17/12/2007
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Towards sustainable social reform of the European Common Agricultural Policy11/11/2007
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Amended and final minutes of the seminar held in Prague on 21/09/2007 on the future prospects of the CAP30/10/2007
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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.