Resources
Seasonal workers often face exploitation, abuses or unforeseen situations and they need help and support for confronting the issues. Here is a list of resources from different countries that might be useful, amongst which you can find: trade unions, organisations or advice centers and other sources of information about workers rights.
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Germany
/Trade Unions
Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten
NGG – Trade Union representing workers in the food manufacturing, food retail, food outlets.
Phone: +49 040 380 13 222
IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt
Trade union for workers in construction, building materials industry, building cleaning, forestry and agriculture.
Email: mobil@igbau.de
FAU
Trade union for the free workers: they have supported de Romanian workers from Bornheim.
Email: geko@fau.org
Phone: +49 (0) 1575 / 33 51 394
/Organisations and Advice Centers
Faire Mobility
A project led by DGB-The German Trade Union Confederation that supports migrant workers. There are 11 centers around the country.
E-mail: kontakt@faire-mobilitaet.de
Phone: +49 30 21240540
ARBEIT UND LEBEN
An educational institution supported by DGB-The German Trade Union Confederation and DVV International- The German Adult Education Association that has 10 advice centers.
European Migrant Workers Union (EVW)
Gives information and counseling to migrant workers in Germany.
Medinetz Mainz
An organisation for migrants that live in Germany and don’t have access to healthcare.
Aspeltstr. 10
55118 Mainz-Neustadt
Phone: 0176-62033302
Beratungsstelle für Migranten
Advice and support center for workers in the construction industry from Bavaria. A project of Stiftung Soziale Gesellschaft – Nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Phone: 089 530 790 58/ 0151 110 845 42
Mail: beratung.muenchen@ssgne.de
Union Migrant Net
An European association of advice and support centers for trade unions, mobile and migrant workers. Coordinated by the European Trade Union Confederation and DGB-The German Trade Union Confederation.
/Online resources
Agriworker.eu
A web app that offers informations about work conditions for migrant and seasonal workers from Germany, Denmark, Austria and Poland.
Munca.info
A platform that maps resources about exploitation at work and gives contact information where cases of abuse can be reported.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection from Romania has developed a guide for the Romanian worker in Germany where you can find more information about labor rights.
United Kingdom
/Trade Unions
Trades Union Congress(TUC)
Trade Union federation from the UK. Beyond the advocacy work, they offer tools to identify the employment status or a trade union workers can join. Here is a list with all the trade unions from the federation.
Phone: +44 020 7636 403
E-mail: info@tuc.org.uk
United Voiced of the World
Trade union that offers support for migrant and low wage workers from London.
Phone: +44 07884 553443
E-mail: info@uvwunion.org.uk
/Organisations and Advice Centers
Work Rights Centre
Organisation that works on labor rights, helping british and EU workers. They have offices in London and Manchester.
Citizens advice
Network of organisations that offer support and counseling regarding labor rights online, on the phone or face to face.
Adviceline (England): 0800 144 8848
Advicelink (Wales): 0800 702 2020
East European Resource Centre (EERC)
London based charity that provides information, advice and support to people from Central and Eastern Europe.
E-mail: info@eerc.org.uk
Telefon: (EN/RO) 07730021986 (Luni, Marți, Joi)
Europia
Charity from Manchester that offers services ranging from legal advice, benefit advice, EUSS application assistance and Emergency Funds for the most vulnerable.
E-mail: support@europia.org.uk
Telefon: +44 0333 3058 570
Initiative is she
A charity organisation that provides culturally sensitive support for disadvantaged group of Eastern European Minority women in Scotland.
E-mail: info@initiativeisshe.org.uk
Telefon: +44 07869500946
/Online resources
Mayor of London
On the website of the MAyor of London there is a list with advice centers for workers in London. You can also find here a guide, providing information about different employment rights plus details of what to do if you’re having trouble at work.
The Romanian Embassy in the UK web page
Provides up to date information about labor rights, COVID19, Brexit and more.
The labour and social affairs attaché office
E-mail: londra.social@mae.ro
Phone: +44 7780 539698
Munca.info
A platform that maps resources about exploitation at work and gives contact information where cases of abuse can be reported.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection from Romania has developed a guide for the Romanian workers in the UK where you can find more information about labor rights.
Spain
/Trade Unions
Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras
One of the biggest trade unions in Spain. Contact information can be found here.
Unión General de Trabajadores
The general trade union of workers that has offices all over the country and fights for the labor rights of migrant workers.
E-mail: contacto@cec.ugt.org
Phone: 915 897 100
Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores
The Andalusian Trade Union
E-mail: satpdi@us.es
Offices:
SAT en la Universidad de Sevilla
Agrupación local del SAT en Sevilla
Unió de Pagesos de Catalunya
Farmers trade union from Catalunia that represent small farms.
E-mail: uniopagesos@uniopagesos.cat
Telefon: +34 932 680 900
/Civic initiatives
Fruita amb justícia social
Campaign that fights for the social rights of seasonal workers involved in the fruit harvesting sector. You can contact them here.
/Online resources
Munca.info
A platform that maps resources about exploitation at work and gives contact information where cases of abuse can be reported.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection from Romania has developed a guide for the Romanian worker in Spain where you can find more information about labor rights.