1. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro) Brent WILTON Deputy Secretary-General INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF EMPLOYERS (IOE ) UPDATE March/April 2011

2. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro) UPDATE  ITUC / GUFs – TU  One company, one standard “It should apply the same global relations standards in every country which it does respect at home in Germany”. ITUC and DGB President, Michael Sommer, re T. Mobile.

3. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  IMF / ICEM / ITGLWF Jyrki Rania likely General Secretary  2 nd Task force meeting Manfred Warda likely to retire

4. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  MEXICO – focus of union action Global days of action: 14-19 February -Against government -Against companies

5. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  Networks Siemens India –representatives across India –Across various industrial sectors –Coordinate claims across operations –IMF meeting on networks – cross-country Exploring cross-GUF Prioritisation of companies Tenaris, Gerdau, Ford, Boeing, Nokia, Philips, Caterpillar, Siemens

6. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  Precarious work –European Parliament resolution equal access to social services and benefits (including healthcare, retirement provision, education and training).  Increase in court action over employment status –Korea Hyundai: employee status granted “carried out duties mixed with regular workers”. Hyundai made decision regarding work load, methods, etc. Company to appeal

7. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  Use of social unrest to pursue labour issues. –Coca Cola Tunisia

8. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  New Rhodia and ICEM agreement includes performance indicators

9. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  UAW Principles for fair union elections –Alternative to NLRA –Right to organise a human right

10. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  OECD MNE Declaration to review –Worker versus employee debate –Human Rights chapter –Inclusion of ILO language

11. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  UNCTAD –Labour pays price of structural adjustment –Encouragement of collective bargaining

12. VALE 31 st March – 1 st April 2011 (Rio de Janeiro)  International Labour Rights Forum www.laborrights.org