Vevey 12-13 November 2013 Brent WILTON Secretary-General IFA/GUF UPDATE November 2013.

Vevey12-13 November 2013

Brent WILTONSecretary-General

IFA/GUF UPDATE

November 2013


IFAs

Quieter, BUT– Solvay - Rhodia

•Renault Group – IndustriAllJuly, “Social, societal and environmental”

Complicated – 1998 Declaration– Principles in 8 Conventions– Global Compact– ILO Convention 158– OECD Guidelines– Recognises ISO 26000 as a standard


–Union neutrality–Linkages to works council–Pay equity–Partial application to subcontractors–CSR: road safety–Environmental–Oversight – C° and Renault Groups Works Council and IndustriAll–French law applies (?)


•ENEL JunePSI and IndustriAll – 22 pages!!–Principles from Conventions–ILO Declaration–Global Compact–ILO MNE Declaration–OECD Guidelines on MNEs–UN Guiding Principles


Fair incomeNeutralityDecent Work!Subsidiaries, contractors, supply chainEst. Global Works Council– List of discussion topics!– Members named by trade unions– UN Guiding Principles

Coordinating unions committeeMultilateral committee on best practice & innovative ideasand on health and safety training, equal employment opportunity


OTHER ISSUESPower of IFAs - 45000 new union members in Kenya under G4S agreement.

Deutsche Telecom – Union Alliance

Declaration of UNI affiliates on major supporting events – tie in with RWI “Red card for FIFA” re Qatar – Professional Footballers Association. Part of global migration debate.

Nissan “Choosing Rights” – Mississippi state. Conference of NAACP and Lance Compa.


Autoworkers – VW – talk of agreement, but not yet – backlash by some workers.

- Faurecia Kentucky – interiors for Ford and GM organised, BUT same company in Alabama that supplies Mercedes says NO.


AFL/CIO

Resolution – Global organizing – commit to building strategic alliances.

Working America – AFL/CIO “community affiliate” – provide services to non-union workers.

AKA “alternative labour groups” – opens the door to unionizing later.

Union front organisations (UFOs) ask worker centres.


Workers’ Centres.

Fair income / Living wage


BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS2nd Forum on Business and Human Rights, 3 & 4 December. 2 December p.m. business preparatory meeting

Regional Forum: August, Colombia late spring 2014 Africa.

Country visits:July, GhanaSeptember, Russia - postponed


Global Practice InitiativeUsers’ manual and risk management guide – last meeting 23-24 October. Of 14 members, only 4-5 active.

UN Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous People – released in August.

Survey activities – 22 November deadline

OHCHR project on corporate liability, 7-8 October Mainly issue of extra-territoriality Anti-union behaviour – a gross human rights abuse


Shift – Mazars Project: Development of global human rights auditing standards.

Draft EU legislation on non-financial reporting.

Vevey 12-13 November 2013 Brent WILTON Secretary-General IFA/GUF UPDATE November 2013.

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