European Commission fails to protect citizens against proven risk of cancer
The controversial decision to re-approve the use of glyphosate for another five years has exposed some fundamental failures of the EU’s pesticide approval system, revealing that chemical companies have an undue influence on EU scientific assessments. The EC and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) disregarded the concerns of independent scientists, the European Parliament and the public, by labelling glyphosate as safe. EFFAT and many other organisations therefore welcome the Special Committee on the EU’s authorisation procedure for pesticides (PEST), set up by the European Parliament. EFFAT hopes that the PEST Committee will rebuild trust by investigating the failures of the EU pesticides regime and by making recommendations for improvement.
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Trade unions support Action for Climate14/03/2019Seven European trade unions are supporting the global day of protest being staged by young people against climate change on Friday: ETUC, EFJ, EFBWW, EPSU, EFFAT, ETF and IndustriAll (representing workers in energy intensive industries).Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish school student who... -
An important step closer to a fairer food chain for everyone12/03/2019Today, Members of the European Parliament strongly voted in favour of promoting a fair food supply chain, delivering on their promise to #CutTheUnfair. The signatories welcome this historic vote for banning unfair trading practices in the food value chain. This action will improve the trading... -
International Women’s Day - Women turnout at EU elections will be key for progress on gender equality07/03/2019On International Women’s Day on 8th March, EFFAT and the entire European trade union movement are calling for women to be the agents of change.With their election programme “A fairer Europe for workers”, ETUC trade unions push for a Europe:Where the European Pillar of Social Rights adopted EU in... -
Call for tender: “Fighting sexual harassment and violence at work in the agriculture, food, tourism and domestic work sectors” - VS/2019/003527/02/2019EFFAT is looking for external experts for its project: “Fighting sexual harassment and violence at work in the agriculture, food, tourism and domestic work sectors” - VS/2019/0035A full description of the project, objectives, conditions, required expertise and skills, and time schedule can be found...
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A fairer Europe for Workers is one vote away27/02/2019European Trade union movement puts forward EU elections Manifesto In the run up of the European elections that are meant to determine the future direction of Europe, the European trade union movement publishes today its manifesto, urging its members to go to the polls and give preference to... -
2nd Digitalisation workshop: Technology is not the solution, it is an enabler27/02/2019This was a fundamental statement for the future production environment including the food industry, that was made at the Northern European Social Partners’ workshop hosted in Copenhagen . A key outcome of the workshop was that it was clear that technology must be adapted to people, not the...
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Sharing economy: No! if it leads to unfair competition and social dumping24/11/2015Concerned over the rapid diffusion of the “sharing economy” in tourism (i.e. Internet based offers for accommodation and transport, such as Airbnb and Uber), EFFAT adopted a common position during the latest Executive Committee meeting. The text calls on policy makers to avoid that the... -
EFFAT invites to express solidarity with Finnish unions fighting anti-union legislation15/09/2015Finland’s trade unions are mobilizing against the new right-wing coalition government’s plan to unilaterally cut pay and benefits negotiated through collective bargaining, and are asking for solidarity and support.On September 9, after unions refused to agree to the proposals, the government... -
Migrant Workers in the Meat Sector - A guide to your rights !07/08/2015Representing together over 12 million workers employed in agriculture and plantations, the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) and its regional organization the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, Tourism Trade... -
Better Regulation Package - EFFAT denounces threat to social and environmental standards03/07/2015EFFAT has published its position paper on the better Regulation package released by the European Commission and highlights its concern over a potential dismantle of labour, social and environmental standards.EFFAT generally agrees with some of the supposed objectives of the Better Regulation... -
Better Regulation Watchdog Network sends open letter to the Commission09/06/2015Last week the Better Regulation Watchdog Network took action and sent an open letter to Members of the European Parliament. The action was carried out following the European Commission's recent proposal for an Inter-Institutional Agreement and the Commission communication on Better Regulation for... -
MEP Evelyn Regner supports Back2OurFuture youth campaign21/05/2015MEP Evelyn Regner supports Back2OurFuture youth campaignAustrian MEP Evelyn Regner has expressed her support for the Back2OurFuture campaign that aims to tackle youth unemployment.Referring to the campaign, she said that “it clearly shows the kind of vision that young people have of European...