EU: the European federal union EFFAT requires free movement of workers and equality of treatment for migrants

The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT) criticized, during a meeting in Budapest, on February 19 and 20, 2007, the attitude of member States and European institutions regarding migrant workers, in particular those from the new member States. (Ref. 070162)
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During this conference, union representatives from several countries “severely considered the lack in the European Member States of initiatives and measures penalising the violation of the collective agreements, legal minimum wages, payment of the contributions to the social security systems as well as the violation of other national provisions on working conditions.” “The few inspections and controls are not enough to prevent employers to exploit or abuse the insecure and precarious situation

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