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Build stronger unions Deliver minimum living wages backed by sustainable systems to deliver them Ensure social protection Change corporate behaviour in their supply chains to: Purge forced and informal labour Pay a minimum living wage Expand collective bargaining and safe and secure work Goals

Organising - use the campaign to grow the union at country level. Leverage national union and sectoral campaigns to grow union strength. Move governments & corporations by mobilising workers to achieve: minimum living wage - a level in each country determined by unions Social protection floor Change behaviour of corporations/supply chains National

Scandal Series - reports that expose the exploitation The first edition looked inside the supply chains of 50 of the largest companies The shocking fact revealed that 94% of the global workforce is hidden Only 6% of the workforce that MNEs depend on for profit are directly employed Workers stories demonstrate exploitation – poverty wages, insecure work, unsafe work, informality, forced overtime and slavery Samsung will be an Asian target for global exposure in 2016 Targeted countries in Africa and Latin America in 2016 'End Corporate Greed' umbrella for May 1 activities Global

Achieve legislation in 5 countries holding MNEs accountable for labour rights, minimum living wages, employment relationship & safe work in global supply chains Use litigation/legal strategies including: ILO complaints Domestic courts - not paying wages, abusing employment relationship OECD guidelines complaints Trade measures - complaints Procurement laws to put pressure on companies and procurement contracts Legislation and litigation

G7 G20 UN Business and Human Rights Principle ILC Discussion on Supply Chains 2 EU Compact Government

Bangladesh Accord Ethical Trading Initiative Better Work Global Framework Agreements Global Union / Business

Next steps: Global Scandal Report II Modern Technology – Medieval Conditions (Workers’ Stories) National Planning - Asia, Africa & Latin America Country Training for organisers May 1 Activities – End Corporate Greed

Questions for Unions How does your work contribute? What does opposition look like? What are levers for success? How do we know when we have won? Do we need an exit strategy?

HOW THIS WORKS ACROSS THE MOVEMENT? CORPORATE GUF leadership in individual corporate campaigns  Global organising in targeted companies  Mapping/ details for exposure of corporate abuse  Legal challenges ITUC value add through the scaffolding of  national affiliate support for local campaigns  Global scandal report/ exposure of exploitative SC model/companies  Legal mapping and cases in partnership COUNTRY ITUC leadership of national affiliate campaigns under the umbrella of 'end corporate greed' for:  Labour laws  minimum wages  secure and safe work  social protection Support for national campaign plans and organiser training Support for research and legal action GUF value add  sectoral campaigns for minimum wages and safe and secure work  cross sectoral partnerships with ITUC to secure a minimum wage base or laws to protect safe and secure work  joined up corporate campaigns national/global GLOBAL The global work requires a partnership across all areas of the movement ITUC 'scandal report' with ongoing contributions from GUFs and national affiliates Legal mapping and advocacy for legislation to mandate due diligence re SC in MNE headquarter nations Legal support for agreed targeted soft and hard law strategies ITUC/TUAC Coordination of;  ILO discussion 2016,  G7 communique follow up with TUAC  G20 priorities  WB protocol