Cisl study Centre, Firenze, Italy

CISL Study Centre, Firenze, Italy

• CISL Study Centre, Firenze, Italy

• 23 March, 2016

Where do we come from?

• Where do we come from?

Globally - 50 million workers, 140 countries

• Globally - 50 million workers, 140 countries

• In Italy - FILCTEM-CGIL, FEMCA-CISL, FIM-CISL, FIOM-CGIL, UILTEC-UIL, UILM

Build Trade Union power

• Build Trade Union power

• Confront global capital

• Defend workers’ rights:

• Fight precarious work

• Ensure sustainable industrial employment

MNC networks

• MNC networks

• Global Framework Agreements

• Corporate campaigns

Global: Alcoa, Bosch, Caterpillar, Daimler, Dow Chemical, Ford, Gerdau, Glencore, Goodyear, Huhtamaki, International Paper, John Deere, LafargeHolcim, Rio Tinto, Owens-Illinois, Saint-Gobain, SAPPI, Shell, SKF, Smurfit Kappa, Solvay, Tenaris, Volkswagen

• Global: Alcoa, Bosch, Caterpillar, Daimler, Dow Chemical, Ford, Gerdau, Glencore, Goodyear, Huhtamaki, International Paper, John Deere, LafargeHolcim, Rio Tinto, Owens-Illinois, Saint-Gobain, SAPPI, Shell, SKF, Smurfit Kappa, Solvay, Tenaris, Volkswagen

• Regional: Many others

Functioning

• Functioning

• Activity

• Participation

• Breadth, depth

• Leadership / coordination

• Resourcing / staffing

• Global - regional

• Languages

• Other stakeholders

• CSOs

Aker, AngloGold, 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, ThyssenKrupp, Umicore, Vallourec, Volkswagen, ZF

• Aker, AngloGold, 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, ThyssenKrupp, Umicore, Vallourec, Volkswagen, ZF

Social dialog, CSR with unions

• Social dialog, CSR with unions

Negotiation

• Negotiation

• Process, participation

• Content

• Implementation

• Monitoring
• Dispute resolution

• Dissemination / awareness

• Training

• Change over time

• Supply chain

Fighting back and fighting forward

• Fighting back and fighting forward

Some key issues

• Some key issues

Manufacture semiconductors

• Manufacture semiconductors

• Dispute Philippines EPZ 2014

• Key customers Apple and Bosch

• Bosch GFA,

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 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.

150,000 petitions and 14,000 complaints

• 150,000 petitions and 14,000 complaints

• Social media campaign

• Apple Store protests

• Quick settlement with major progress

Only GFA in mining

• 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

Organizing successes India, Mexico

• Organizing successes India, Mexico

• Majority of 30 cases raised under the GFA solved

• Applies to suppliers

• Trainings for suppliers

World’s leading garment retailer

• World’s leading garment retailer

• 1.6 million workers in supply chain

• 1,900 supplier factories

• Signed November 2015

• Successes Myanmar, Pakistan December

Strong language organizing, living wage

• Strong language organizing, living wage

• National monitoring committees

• Discloses supply chain to unions

• Jointly developed training programs

What experiences have you had with GFAs, MNC networks and global campaigns? What lessons have you learned from these experiences?

• 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?