1. Negotiation and implementation of GFAs and their use as an organizing tool Turin, Italy 16 September, 2015

2. 2 IndustriALL GFAs

3. 3 West, North Europe companies Headquarters union European Works Council Global Union Federation Negotiations - participants Typical historically for IndustriALL

4. 4 Union side - Global, Europe, national (in one nation) Company side – Global, Europe Negotiations - participants Levels

5. 5 Non-European Non-global or Europe level (so national, local) Non-union Supply chain Negotiations - participants Excluded

6. 6 Negotiation Consultation Agreement / Ratification Implementation Negotiations - participants Types exclusion

7. 7 Anglo unions vs. Western/Northern European unions, and other Concerns exclusion (procedure) and resulting content Negotiations - participants Reaction to exclusion

8. 8 Content and Procedure sections in new IndustriALL GFA guidelines More democratic, inclusive, transparent, consultative negotiation process Neutrality, access, binding dispute resolution Requirement that suppliers and sub-contractors covered Negotiations - participants Response to exclusion

9. 9 Self-selecting Social dialog tradition Generally strong unions Question of organize / campaign / industrial action for Negotiations voluntary

10. 10 Dissemination (no implementation without awareness) Monitoring body Site visits Training (rare) Push for improved implementation Implementation

11. 11 Organizing as recruitment resulting in membership growth and/or collective bargaining All language FOA, CB Some recent on access, neutrality Most some coverage of suppliers Use as organizing tool

12. 12 Limited usage Lack of awareness Hard for organizers to keep track Use as organizing tool

13. 13 Problem of very limited supply chain disclosure Proactive vs. reactive Union (national, global, EWC, etc.) role vs. company role in promoting Use as organizing tool

14. 14 How could involvement of your trade union be ensured in the GFA negotiation and implementation process? What can we as unions do to ensure that GFAs are implemented effectively? What tools do you need in your daily work to make GFAs an effective tool for organizing? Discussion

15. GFA selected cases Turin, Italy 16 September, 2015

16. 16 Organizing drive by USW mid- 2012 in Northeast, Maryland, U.S. Plant owned by Siemens Standard union- busting campaign by company North East case Failure leads to reform

17. 17 Siemens signed GFA with IndustriALL (and General Works Council and IG Metall) in July 2012 “acknowledges” fundamental ILO conventions Little involvement or consultation of unions representing Siemens workers around world Signed despite / unaware of simultaneous union busting in North East North East case

18. 18 Workers North East voted against union representation U.S. National Labor Relations Board found company behaved illegally in opposing organizing drive, however plant never organized Major topic discussion IndustriALL conference GFAs Frankfurt October 2012 (end result new IndustriALL GFA guidelines December 2014) North East case

19. 19 Manufacture semiconductors Dispute Philippines EPZ mid-2014 Key customers include Apple and Bosch Bosch GFA, Apple none NXP case GFA in the supply chain

20. 20 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 and association representatives responsible...” Bosch GFA outcome in this case: None. NXP case

21. 21 150,000 petitions and 14,000 complaints Social media campaign Apple Store protests Quick settlement with major progress NXP case Apple customer campaign

22. 22 Good GFA language Bosch for supply chain Administrative roadblock Delayed process in rapidly moving conflict Other option (campaign against brand in supply chain) was effective before Bosch GFA could even be activated Note: Bosch GFA was useful in organizing campaign in Malaysia and in resolving other conflicts NXP case GFAs one tool, and not a perfect one

23. 23 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 Anglo Gold case Organizing success with help of GFA

24. 24 Along with GFA, is World Employees Committee Recently success for organizing in India and Mexico Majority of near 30 cases that have been raised under the GFA have been solved Trainings for suppliers Main parts GFA integrated into sustainability guidelines for suppliers Majority of near 30 cases that have been raised under the GFA have been solved Daimler case Active GFA with successes

25. 25 World’s largest fashion retailer 1 million workers in supply chain 6 thousand supplier factories Renewed 2014 Inditex case Supply chain GFA

26. 26 Strong language organizing, living wage Applies equally direct suppliers, contractors and sub- contractors Discloses supply chain to unions Jointly developed training programs to promote compliance Resourced by Inditex Inditex case Supply chain GFA

27. 27 Which factors influenced the success and failure of the campaigns? What are the lessons learned from the case studies? What should GFAs mainly be used as a tool for – organizing or for collective bargaining or both? Discussion