I.R. UPDATE P resentation by Brent Wilton Secretary-General GIRN Meeting New York, October 2014

 Latin American Federation of Banks – UNI  GDF Suez and IndustriALL, BWI, PSI Extension to existing IFA IFAs

 Re-election  Campaigning/organising  Push on governments – ratification  Control of message – inequality; German central bank. “Inequality recognised as holding back growth” ITUC

 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” IndustriALL

 Business and Human Rights Linkage to traditional IR issues, eg. Collective bargaining Strategic Priorities Work place conditions

Exercise of right to join a union

Union recognition Basic human rights

Terms & conditions Union 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 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 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