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European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions EFFAT About EFFAT EFFAT represents 120 national trade unions from 38 European countries EFFAT defends the interests of more than 26 million trade union members throughout the food chain from farm to fork ID: 651629

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Slide1

Migration in the sectors represented by the

European Federation of Food, Agriculture

and Tourism Trade Unions

(EFFAT)Slide2

About EFFAT

EFFAT represents

120 national trade unions from 38 European

countries.EFFAT defends the interests of more than 2.6 million trade union members throughout the food chain, “from farm to fork” – ie. in agriculture, in food and drink, and in hotels, restaurants and catering – towards the European institutions, European employers’ associations and transnational companies’ management

.

Only safe jobs and good working conditions can also guarantee safe and high quality food!Slide3

Migrant workers in the EFFAT sectors

Agriculture and tourism sectors employ many seasonal/temporary workers.

Many employers in the food, drink and tobacco sectors compete for the lowest paid workers.

Much of this migrant work is precarious.

Results from 2011 studySlide4

Precarious work

Precarious work is

characterised

by:absence of choice (over place or nature of work)inadequate or low incomeinability to make future planslack of employment protection

absence of representation and access to justice.

Precarious work obstructs the movement of vulnerable workers like young people to more stable employment, and fosters segmented

labour

markets.Slide5

An example in agriculture

Unions have seen a growth in precarious work in agriculture, with seasonal and migrant

labour

experiencing especially high levels of job insecurity, low pay and poor health and safety.

Yvan

Sagnet

, coordinator for migrants of FLAI-CGIL, has become a well-known advocate for migrant workers in Italy after leading a revolt against the

gangmasters

at a farm in Puglia, Italy, while undertaking exploitative farm work to pay his university fees in 2011.Slide6

An example in the food sector

Meat slaughtering and processing operations are particularly identified with high levels of precarious work.

The sector is at risk from social dumping, with

labour providers competing to source workers on the lowest possible pay and cut costs wherever they can.

October 2012: Around 150 exploited Romanian workers found in slaughterhouses in Anderlecht, Belgium

“Yes, we are being exploited, but we keep our mouths shut for fear of being shown the door. There are plenty of others just queuing up to take our places. And we simply cannot afford to become unemployed.”Slide7

An example in hospitality

Labour

market flexibility combined with the low level of compliance and enforcement in the UK, particularly in low-skilled sectors such as hospitality, expose vulnerable and migrant workers to exploitation (UK Migrant Advisory Committee, July 2014).

Half

of all employers in

hospitality

use contracts that do not guarantee a minimum number of hours.

1.4m zero-hour contracts in the UK (Office of National Statistics, May 2011).

Employers in hospitality consider migrants more apt to sustain temporary, seasonal or unpleasant work with unsociable hours than local workers, since they are less likely to be trade union members (UK MAC, July 2014).Slide8

Equal pay for equal work

The principle of equal treatment irrespective of place of origin or work contract continues to underpin

EFFAT’s

work in the area of migration. In particular, the internal market allowing for the free movement of capital, services, workers and freedom of establishment is only acceptable if implemented with strong social rules that guarantee equal treatment and fair competition. Slide9

More

www.effat.org

effat@effat.org

www.back2ourfuture.org