I.R. UPDATE

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Brent WiltonBrent WiltonSecretary-GeneralSecretary-General

GIRN Meeting

New York, 15-16 October 2014

Latin American Federation of Banks – UNI

GDF Suez and IndustriALL, BWI, PSI

Extension to existing IFA

IFAsIFAs

Re-election

Campaigning/organising

Push on governments – ratification

Control of message – inequality; German central bank.

“Inequality recognised as holding back growth”

ITUCITUC

Jyrki Rania

Juno Lighting Group - US

Living wage claim – offset rising cost of living, individual healthcare coverage, etc.

“Guarantee decent working conditions and fair remuneration … in full compliance with national labour law and international core labour standards”

IndustriALLIndustriALL

Business and Human Rights Linkage to traditional IR issues, eg. Collective bargaining

Strategic PrioritiesStrategic Priorities

Work place conditions

Exercise of right to join a union

Union recognitionBasic human rights

Terms & conditionsUnion rights & human rights

E.g. UNI Gaming and Mexican Commission for Human Rights

“agree to safeguard and promote human and union rights”

“Recognise union rights as human rights”

Linkage of Union Rights to Human RightsLinkage of Union Rights to Human Rights

Governments – Rana Plaza (Netherlands, France, Denmark, Germany, UK, Italy and Spain) “Urged brands who sourced from Rana Plaza to donate generously to the fund

OECD – NCP process

Human Rights, migrants, indigenous people, informal worker groups, youth, aged – reclaim social movement. Credentials – mask union claims among social claims, e.g. inequality.

Alliances to take the agenda forwardAlliances to take the agenda forward

Organising – recognising achievement - national

ITUC – campaigning – national action plans on Guiding Principles Consumer facing brands - Qatar

Existing union relationships may not always help

Control of the message, e.g. inequality recognised as holding back growth – German Central Bank.

BWI – IFAs in practice How to maximise use

U.S. student protest in support of Accord (USAS target. VF corp owner of 36 brands non signatory to Accord)

Human Rights update