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EFFAT is the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions, also representing Domestic Workers. www.effat.org Likes & Retweets ≠ Endorsements
#NoContractNoCoffee EFFAT & @epsu.bsky.social joined the action to back #Starbucks workers on strike in the US for collective agreements & fair working conditions! Stop hiding behind franchise networks! Take responsibility for ensuring decent conditions to workers. @sbworkersunited.org #IUF
Productive #SSDC for #EFFAT and @hotrec.bsky.social On the agenda: 🔈 #EU Sustainable Tourism Strategy 🔈 Joint action on short-term rentals that distort competition and squeeze housing in tourist hotspots. 🔈 Update on #StrongerHospitality Thanks to all affiliates for their input!
EFFAT Agricultural President Fabrizio De Pascale met in with unions from the three countries to discuss the CAP’s social conditionality and its post-2027 reform. from CZ, SK,and HU all agreed:on the need to defend and pursue a stronger #SocialConditionality across Europe.
💥 Congrats to our very own Grace Papa, EFFAT Political Secretary on Gender Equality & Domestic Workers, on her unanimous election to the @etuc-ces.bsky.social Women’s Committee Presidium! Her passion for defending women & domestic workers’ rights shines bright at the European level
Great to welcome a delegation from UA Zensen, Japan’s largest private-sector union, to Brussels this week! We shared experiences on organising, #EWCs and discussed workers challenges. Grateful for the solidarity, insights & friendship @enricosomaeffat.bsky.social
📢 Today in Brussels! EFFAT joins @etuc-ces.bsky.social @etf-europe.bsky.social & @efbww.bsky.social in the @europarl.europa.eu for: ❌“No more exploitation: Regulating subcontracting & labour intermediation in Europe”. EFFAT #TNCConference in Barcelona reiterates our call to #EndAbuse
📸Images from #SE Council in Zagreb 🌍 Our affiliates met to strengthen cooperation, solidarity, and synergies across the region. 💡Focus was on campaigns, collective bargaining, the Minimum Wage Directive, #TNCs, candidate countries, and mobilisations on #subcontracting, #CAP & #publicprocurement.
EFFAT visits Manifattura Sigaro Toscano in Lucca today for our Tobacco project launch. 2-day workshop starts today: Exploring the Italian reality, small producers, workers' voices, and EU legislation on the pipeline!
In The Hague yesterday, our Grace Papa joined the #StopDeCriminaliseringswet demo with migrant #DomesticWorkers & allies on behalf of EFFAT & IDWF: ✊ Work is not a crime. ✊ Care is not a crime. ✊ Migration is not a crime. We stand in #Solidarity with all workers for dignity & rights.
🎉 After 2 years of work, research & collaboration, we’re proud to share the outcomes of our EU-funded project #StrongerHospitality – boosting trade union capacity & social dialogue in hospitality-tourism. ✊ 🔗 Find out more: wp.me/paPMJb-9ph
EFFAT joined @efjeurope.bsky.social at Mont des Arts #Brussels today to honour the 246 journalists killed in #Gaza since Oct 7th and demanded to #stopkillingjournalists. Yesterday’s nth targeting of civilians and press shows the unbearable cost of silence.
🚨 European trade unions urge the EU to act on #Gaza. Together with 8 ETUFs and @etuc-ces.bsky.social, we’ve written to EU High Representative @kajakallas.bsky.social calling for decisive measures to stop the humanitarian disaster & defend human rights. Read the letter 👉 effat.org/featured/361...
@ilsecoloxix.bsky.social interviews @enricosomaeffat.bsky.social, EFFAT's General Secretary, on the implications of the #CAP reform: from budget cuts and the creation of a Single Fund to the risks it poses for agricultural workers across Europe.
🍺AB InBev records strong Q1 profits—but at what cost? Unsafe conditions, temp jobs replacing retirees, and union pushback are rising. Workers suffer while execs cash in. This isn’t just irresponsible—it’s dangerous. EFFAT affiliates release joint statement: effat.org/wp-content/u...
#RulesToProtect: Where's the proof that removing the right of a victim from corporate abuse to claim justice will relaunch EU #competitiveness? The idea that protecting human rights and the environment is a burden rather than a baseline is a false narrative - said @enricosomaeffat.bsky.social
🗣️ “Rights don’t fall from the sky — they must be defended every single day.” At FAI CISL's Congress, EFFAT General Secretary @enricosomaeffat.bsky.social brought solidarity from 121 affiliates across 41 countries and warned: social rights are under attack. 🧵 1/4
Croatia: #PPDIV food workers at Fortenova (PIK Vrbovec, Jamnica, Zvijezda) are taking action for fair pay & equal rights. Yesterday's #strike will be followed a peaceful protest in #Zagreb tomorrow. #Solidarity from EFFAT: workers across Europe won’t let hard-won rights be dismantled. t.ly/gGZm4
🤝 Today, the EU PHS social partners — @effat.org, @effehomecare.bsky.social, EFSI, and UNI Europa — met Director Ivankovic, @ec.europa.eu, to discuss how the PHS sector matches the upcoming #qualityjobsroadmap and #genderequalitystrategy.
🌟 That’s a wrap for the #PHSDialogue Plenary! Today, the PHS Social Partners – EFFAT, EFFE, EFSI, and UNI Europa – brought their members together in Brussels to discuss the foundation of social dialogue in the sector and to officially launch the #ScaleUp Project! #PHS #DomesticWork #SocialDialogue
🎤 At the ETUC Mid-Term Conference, EFFAT’s General Secretary Enrico Somaglia joined the panel on union renewal and social dialogue. ✊ His message was clear: Organising is our best long-term investment to secure the future of the movement and win back the hearts of working people.
🎤 At the ETUC Mid-Term Conference, EFFAT President Annika Rönni-Sällinen called for unity against deregulation, far-right threats, and labour exploitation. ✊ She reaffirmed the crucial role our Model Directive will play to promote equal treatment and tackle labour abuse. 🔗 More: wp.me/paPMJb-9jx
📍 Today in Brussels, we officially handed over the EFFAT Model Directive on Labour Intermediaries and Fair Working Conditions across Subcontracting Chains to @ec.europa.eu Executive Vice-President @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social. 🔗 Read our Press Release and Model Directive: wp.me/paPMJb-9jx
🇪🇺 On #EuropeDay, 75 years after the Schuman Declaration, EFFAT celebrates unity, peace and social justice. But these values are under threat. Deregulation must not undo decades of progress. ✊ We stand for a Social Europe that protects all workers. #TradeUnions #Solidarity
🌟 PHS Social Partners Webinar on Securing Access to Labour and Social Protections! The #PHSDialogue project gathered employers, trade unions, policy-makers & researchers to advance on labour and social protections on the PHS sector. Stay tuned for more! #PHS #SocialDialogue