Victor Plyson
victorplyson.bsky.social
Victor Plyson
@victorplyson.bsky.social
📍 | West Flanders, Belgium
🎓 | Communication Science
💼 | Administration & Communication (@effat.org)

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Nestlé plans to cut 16,000 jobs, mostly in Europe.

EFFAT & IUF organising workers across Nestlé say: STOP the layoffs!
🔹Stop axing jobs!
🔹Put people before (HUGE) profit.
🔹Respect and consult unions.

Read our statement and PR: effat.org/featured/nes...
Nestlé Workers and Their Trade Unions Denounce Job Cuts and Lack of Involvement in European & Global Restructuring Plans
Brussels, 31 October 2025 European trade unions with membership in Nestlé held an urgent meeting, coordinated by EFFAT and IUF, following the company’s announcement to cut 16,000 jobs worldwi…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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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
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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📢 Big win for workplace democracy!

Today’s vote in the European Parliament brings us closer to stronger, more effective European Works Councils.

🗳️ Now it’s up to Member States to seal the deal.

👉 Read the full press release here: wp.me/paPMJb-9rT

#EWCs #WorkplaceDemocracy
EWC Directive: Today’s Vote Brings Us Closer to Truly Effective EWCs and Greater Workplace Democracy
Brussels, 9 October 2025 Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of legislation that will deliver key improvements for the European Works Council (EWC) Directive and millions of trade union …
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October 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Today on #World Decent Day, we’re standing up for workers and our planet.

The #Omnibus is speeding ahead, but it’s headed the wrong way.

Let’s hit the brakes before social economic and environmental progress goes off a cliff.

📽️Watch!

youtu.be/ro9knVQb_Ng
Let's Park the #Omnibus
YouTube video by EFFAT Press
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October 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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📢 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
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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📍 In Barcelona, our TNC Committee met to strategise on #CS3D, EWCs, restructuring & gender equality.

✊ We stand with workers taking action in Nestlé Waters, Lieferando, JDE Peet’s & Eker.

Together we defend jobs, rights & dignity across Europe.

🔗 Read our article: wp.me/paPMJb-9ru
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Our new tools are here to support trade unions across Europe:
🛠️ Handbook – practical recommendations for action
📘 Final Report – state of trade unions & social dialogue in hospitality
📄 Exec Summary – key findings
🌍 Leaflet – solidarity beyond borders & value of EFFAT membership

👉 wp.me/paPMJb-9ph
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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🎉 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
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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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.
August 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Join us tomorrow 26/08 at 11.30 at Mont des Arts #Brussels to honour the 200+ journalists killed in #Gaza and demand: Israel, stop killing journalists!

A public reading of the names of the journalists killed in Gaza will pay tribute to their courage, condemn their murder and call for justice.
August 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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❌ Unfair. Unbalanced. Unsustainable.

The EU-US trade framework is a setback for agriculture and workers in the EFFAT sectors.

👉 Our response: effat.org/featured/eu-...
EU-US (Unbalanced) Trade Deal: European Agro-Food Workers Bear the Burden amid Lack of Fairness and Reciprocity
Brussels, 25 August 2025 | EFFAT voices deep concerns about the EU-US Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade. The recently released joint declaration statement validates …
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August 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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🚨 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...
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🚨 A new day for CAP? Not quite yet…

While #SocialConditionality is safeguarded – but rebranded as “farm stewardship” – it brings no further social progress.

⚠️ Small farms exempt from checks
⚠️ Weaker enforcement
⚠️ No new protections for workers
⚠️ Another budget cut

🔗 Our reaction: wp.me/paPMJb-9ow
Not a New Day for CAP: New Architecture Hides Dangerous Threats for Agricultural Workers
Brussels, 18 July 2025 – The new proposal for reforming the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is weak in terms of budget and goals and fails to make the agriculture sector more attractive.…
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July 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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📬 EFFAT Highlights – Second Edition is out now!

Before the summer break, take a moment to explore what we’ve been up to:
✊ Defending workers’ rights
🤝 Strengthening social dialogue
🇪🇺 Advocating for justice at EU level

🔁 Spread the word!

📖 Read the latest edition: effat.kit.com/posts/effat-...
EFFAT Highlights - March-July 2025
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July 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Every worker in Europe deserves a decent day at work, a fair day's pay. No worker should have to be forced to live in conditions that workers here are forced to live in.

EU must act over scandal of farm workers living in shacks: www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

@effat.org
July 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Thousands of agricultural workers are living in slum conditions while working for employers in receipt of EU farming subsidies, a delegation of trade unionists and MEPs found during a visit to Italy.

"Europe can afford to do better, it must do better!" @estherlynch.bsky.social

@effat.org
July 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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🍺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...
June 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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#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
June 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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‪✊Solidarity w/ Spanish sugar workers as AB Foods plans layoffs for 251 workers.

🫰This is a profitable company making workers pay for corporate decisions.

More job cuts = More rural decline.

@ugtfica.bsky.social
@ccoo.bsky.social

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El ERE de Azucarera contempla once despidos en la planta del Portal
AB Azucarera Iberia confirma el cierre de la planta de Bañeza y un ERE para 251 trabajadores en todo el país: 169 indefinidos y 82 Fijos discontinuos.
vivajerez.es
June 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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EFFAT’s key demands:
✅ Directive on Labour Intermediaries & Fair Conditions
✅ Stronger social dimension in the next #CAP
✅ General mobilisation against #Mercosur
✅ Revision of the UTPs Directive

✊ "Only by standing united can we face the challenges ahead!" - Enrico Somaglia

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June 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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⚠️ He raised concerns over:

▶️ Attacks on #DueDiligence
▶️ CAP “simplification”
▶️ EU’s sharp decline in the @ituc.bsky.social Global Rights Index

#EFFAT calls for stronger rights and union renewal to face these threats.

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June 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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“It’s not true that fewer rights mean more competitiveness. It’s not true that cutting standards will strengthen Europe. Quite the opposite: collective bargaining, social justice, and strong protections are the real drivers of progress.” – Enrico Somaglia

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June 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🗣️ “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.

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June 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🤝 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.
May 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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🌟 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
May 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM