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Fact sheet: The case against food taxes according to the EU social partners in the food and drink industry23/05/2013"We must ensure that all Europeans, including low-income earners, can access both a variety of fresh and healthy foods at affordable prices, and knowledge about nutrition and healthy lifestyles." – Harald Wiedenhofer, EFFAT General Secretary -
Annual report on progress on equality between women and men in Europe13/05/2013The annual report on progress on equality between women and men has just been released, together with a report on the application of the Charter on fundamental rights. -
New Eurofound study can inform the work of the social partners in the EU food and drink sector10/05/2013With the participation of the EFFAT secretariat, its food and drink affiliates, and FoodDrinkEurope, Eurofound has today published a representativeness study. -
Social Dialogue in the Food and Drink Industry: Joint EFFAT-FoodDrinkEurope Position on Discriminatory Food Taxes07/05/2013The governments of some EU Member States have recently introduced taxes on specific food categories and food ingredients such as sugar, fat, artificial sweeteners, soft drinks, fast food and pastry. -
Collective labour agreement after 11 negotiations at CCE AG Germany10/04/2013We are happy to inform you that our German affiliate NGG could now conclude a very successful collective labour agreement in the German Coca-Cola AG, after 11 rounds of negotiations. Please find more information in the attached English, French and German leaflet.
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Water management and agriculture08/04/2013European agriculture employs over 7 million agricultural workers. Good land management is impossible without sustainable water resources, which is why the trade unions in the agricultural sector are campaigning for water plans that set out social requirements for land use and should lead to the... -
Social security bodies partners presentation26/03/2013Short presentation of the social security bodies at national, European and international level, in the framework of an European project carried out by EFFAT with financial support from the EU, on EFFAT contribution in developping coordination between social security bodies and improving...
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EFFAT Position On Food Taxes05/02/2013Some EU Member States have recently introduced specific taxes that allegedly aim to discourage the consumption of certain foods and food ingredients, such as sugar, animal fat, artificial sweeteners, sparkling drinks, fast food and pastry. -
Pedagogic guide on social security coordination15/01/2013This document is the result of discussion and study by agricultural trade union organisations in several European Union Member States as part of a project run by EFFAT, with co-financing by the European Commission. The agricultural sector employs a significant number of workers in precarious...
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Welcome booklet for posted and migrant workers - seasonal or otherwise - How the coordination of social security institutions works15/01/2013This guide does not replace the guides issued by each country, the institutions of the European Commission or the social security institutions of the Member States. It aims to summarise a range of information to make it easier for you to find more information in a Member State.This guide is for all...
EFFAT Documents
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.