Trade union action inside MNCs and supply chains

Trade union action inside MNCs and supply chains Industri. ALL Global Union CISL Study Centre, Firenze, Italy 23 March, 2016

Industri. ALL Global Union Where do we come from? ICEM IMF ITGLWF 2

Industri. ALL Global Union • Globally - 50 million workers, 140 countries • In Italy FILCTEMCGIL, FEMCACISL, FIMCISL, FIOMCGIL, UILTECUIL, UILM 3

Industri. ALL offices Geneva, SWITZERLAND Industri. ALL HQ Moskow, RUSSIA CIS-States SINGAPORE Southeast-Asia and Pacific New Delhi, INDIA South Asia Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Sub-Saharan Africa Montevideo, URUGUAY Latin America and Carribean 4

Industri. ALL’s strategic goals Every activity has to be in line with these goals 1. Build Trade Union power 2. Confront global capital 3. Defend workers’ rights: 4. Fight precarious work 5. Ensure sustainable industrial employment 5

Some key tools for Industri. ALL Building power in MNCs • MNC networks • Global Framework Agreements • Corporate campaigns 6

Industri. ALL MNC Networks • Global: Alcoa, Bosch, Caterpillar, Daimler, Dow Chemical, Ford, Gerdau, Glencore, Goodyear, Huhtamaki, International Paper, John Deere, Lafarge. Holcim, Rio Tinto, Owens-Illinois, Saint. Gobain, SAPPI, Shell, SKF, Smurfit Kappa, Solvay, Tenaris, Volkswagen • Regional: Many others 7

Industri. ALL MNC Networks Communication, collaboration, coordination 8

Industri. ALL MNC Networks Some key issues • Functioning • Activity • Participation • Breadth, depth • Leadership / coordination • Resourcing / staffing • Global - regional • Languages • Other stakeholders • CSOs 9

Industri. ALL GFAs With 46 companies across our sectors Aker, Anglo. Gold, BMW, Bosch, Brunel, Daimler, EADS, EDF, Electrolux, Endesa, Enel, Eni, Evonik, Ford, Freudenberg, Gamesa, GDF Suez, GEA, H&M, Indesit, Inditex, Leoni, Lukoil, MAN, Mann + Hummel, Mizuno, Norsk Hydro, Norske Skog, Petrobras, Prym, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Rheinmetall, Röchling, Saab, SCA, Siemens, Solvay, SKF, Statoil, Total, Thyssen. Krupp, Umicore, Vallourec, Volkswagen, ZF 10

Industri. ALL GFAs Social dialog, CSR with unions 11

Industri. ALL GFAs Some key issues • Negotiation • Process, participation • Content • Implementation • Monitoring • Dispute resolution • Dissemination / awareness • Training • Change over time • Supply chain 12

Industri. ALL corporate campaigns Fighting back and fighting forward 13

Industri. ALL corporate campaigns Some key issues • • Identify targets and aims Make contact Campaign publicly against Mobilize solidarity support, • Unions at company, EWC, allies • Outreach company stakeholders • Customers, shareholders, board, etc. • Events • Shareholders’ meeting, World Day Decent Work, etc. • Tools • OECD Guidelines, UNGC Integrity Measures, etc. 14

NXP case GFA and campaign in supply chain • Manufacture semiconductors • Dispute Philippines EPZ 2014 • Key customers Apple and Bosch • Bosch GFA, 15

NXP case Bosch GFA on suppliers: “Bosch will not work with any suppliers who have demonstrably failed to comply with basic ILO labor standards. ” Bosch GFA on breaches: “Complaints regarding possible breaches of the above principles will be investigated; any action required will be discussed and implemented by the senior management. . . ” Bosch GFA outcome in this case: None. 16

NXP case Apple campaign • 150, 000 petitions and 14, 000 complaints • Social media campaign • Apple Store protests • Quick settlement with major progress 17

Anglo Gold case GFA and union network • Only GFA in mining • Neutrality and ILO core added in 2009 • Implemented with assistance of Anglo Gold Africa union network • Assistance from NUM, FES • Enabled organizing Mali, Ghana, Tanzania 18

Daimler case Global union network and GFA • Organizing successes India, Mexico • Majority of 30 cases raised under the GFA solved • Applies to suppliers • Trainings for suppliers 19

H&M case Supply chain GFA • World’s leading garment retailer • 1. 6 million workers in supply chain • 1, 900 supplier factories • Signed November 2015 • Successes Myanmar, Pakistan December 20

H&M case Supply chain GFA • Strong language organizing, living wage • National monitoring committees • Discloses supply chain to unions • Jointly developed training programs 21

Discussion What experiences have you had with GFAs, MNC networks and global campaigns? What lessons have you learned from these experiences? How can your union increase the effectiveness of GFAs and networks in your sector? What tools do unions need in their daily work to make GFAs and networks effective tools for organizing? 22