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Enrico Somaglia
@enricosomaeffat.bsky.social
General Secretary of EFFAT (@effat.org), the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions, also representing Domestic Workers.

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🚌Deregulation is on a road to nowhere!

EFFAT has 10 reasons to Park the #Omnibus before the 13 November EP vote!

The so-called “simplification” rolls back workers’ rights, environmental protection & access to justice.

📹Stay tuned, watch:
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Let's Park the #Omnibus
YouTube video by EFFAT Press
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November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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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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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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October 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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#PublicProcurement must grant:
💶 Fair wages & collective agreements for catering workers
🥗 Healthy, sustainable food
🌍 Social & environmental responsibility

❌ No race to the bottom
✅ Yes to procurement as a lever of sustainable development

🗣️@enricosomaeffat.bsky.social

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Appalti: Somaglia (EFFAT), "Fondamentale garantire il principio della condizionalità sociale"
YouTube video by TotalEU Production
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September 4, 2025 at 1:14 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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❌ 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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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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#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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Today, the 4th Congress of industriAll European Trade Union elected the organisation’s leadership team for the mandate period 2025 – 2029. The team was voted in with 98% of the votes cast.

@judekd.bsky.social
@ibarthes.bsky.social
Michael Vassiliadis

news.industriall-europe.eu/Article/1291
IndustriAll Europe elects its leadership team for 2025-2029
Today, the 4th Congress of industriAll European Trade Union elected the organisation’s leadership team for the mandate period 2025 – 2029. Congress elected Judith Kirton-Darling as General Secretary, ...
news.industriall-europe.eu
June 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reposted by Enrico Somaglia
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

🧵 4/4
June 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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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.

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May 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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¡Enhorabuena!
Congratulations to Ramón González Monroy on being elected the new @ccoo-servicios.es Secretary General!

Looking forward to our future joint work.

A heartfelt thank you to outgoing Secretary General José María Martínez for your leadership and the valuable cooperation with EFFAT
Finaliza el #IVCongresoCCOOServicios de la mejor manera posible, con una ejecutiva renovada y un nuevo Secretario General, Ramón González Monroy.

#TransformandoElFuturo
#Vamos
#CCOO
May 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Trade union renewal is key for delivering a fair deal for workers in a changing world

ETUC Mid-Term Conference 2025
May 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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We have proudly launched the Emilio Gabaglio Award at our Mid-Term Conference, honouring outstanding trade union action that embodies the values & vision of a strong, united, European Trade Union movement.

Commemorating Emilio Gabaglio,former ETUC General Secretary (1991-2003).
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ETUC Emilio Gabaglio Award
YouTube video by ETUC CES
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May 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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🎤 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
May 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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👏An opinion that is fully in line with EFFAT’s call to revise EU procurement rules to promote quality, fair jobs.

✅ No more lowest-price-only awards
✅ A MEAT approach with social & environmental criteria
✅ Regulated subcontracting with real accountability
UNI Europa welcomes that all democratic parties in the European Parliament's Employment Committee (EMPL) approved an opinion to promote quality jobs and collective bargaining through public procurement.
UNI Europa welcomes EMPL vote in favour of linking public procurement to collective bargaining - UNI Europa
All democratic parties in the European Parliament's Employment Committee (EMPL) approved an opinion to promote quality jobs through public procurement.
www.uni-europa.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Across Europe, fair work is under attack.
Abusive subcontracting and unregulated labour intermediation fuel exploitation and inequality.
Millions of workers in EFFAT sectors and beyond demand concrete answers.
EFFAT’s Model Directive is about restoring equal treatment and fairness at work.
effat.org EFFAT @effat.org · May 13
📍 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
May 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Through the Labour Mobility Package and the Quality Jobs Roadmap, I am personally committed to preventing abuse, while enabling subcontracting where it supports expertise and innovation. #SocialEurope. (2/2)
May 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Productive exchange with @enricosomaeffat.bsky.social, General Secretary of @effat.org

We discussed how to ensure fair working conditions, adequate wages and safe workplaces along supply chains — by tackling risks from long subcontracting chains and abusive labour intermediaries. (1/2)
May 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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📢 The Commission’s deregulation push begins with the #Omnibus Package.

At our ExCom, #EFFAT adopted a resolution rejecting attacks on #DueDiligence and calling for equal engagement with social partners.

📄 Read the resolution: wp.me/paPMJb-9iJ

✊ High standards drive EU progress!
The European Commission’s Omnibus Package is a Direct Attack on Workers’ Rights
EFFAT calls for the withdrawal of all deregulation measures Driven by right-wing political forces and corporate lobbies, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in November 2024 that th…
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April 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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✊ Happy May Day from #EFFAT!

Today, we honour workers' struggles past and present — from agri-food and tourism to domestic work. We fight for decent work, fair rights, and solidarity across Europe.

💪 Together we fight, together we win!

🎥 Watch our General Secretary's message ⬇️
May 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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📢 Today marks the official signing of the revised EU guidelines to prevent third-party violence at work.

🤝 #EFFAT and HOTREC, alongside social partners from four sectors, stand united for safer, more respectful workplaces across Europe.

🔗 Read our joint Press Release: wp.me/paPMJb-9j5
May 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM