1. IndustriALL Global UNION & H&M Global Framework Agreement –

2. GLOBAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
Signed November 3, 2015
POINTS:
A GFA serves to protect the interests of workers across the operations of multinationals, setting the best standards for trade union rights.
Expression of a joint committment between the signatories.
Promotes decent work, freedom of association and collective bargaining in the supply chain.
Global Framework Agreement also improves industrial relations and betters the relationship with company decision makers.
Upon request, H&M will provide a list of all direct suppliers and subcontrators factories to IndustriALL Global Union.

3. OVERVIEW Signatories: IndustriALL Global Union, H&M and IF Metall.
Covers 1.6 million workers in H&M’s global supply chain in their over 1,900 factories.
Founded on the shared believe that well-structured industrial relations are an essential component of stable and sustainable social relations in production

4. OVERVIEW Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Discrimination, diversity and equality
Child labour and young workers
Forced, bonded, prison and illegal labour
Recognized employment
Fair Living Wage and benefits
Working hours
Health and safety

5. KEY POINTS:
The parties will jointly promote signing of collective agreements both at factory, company and industrial level between relevant social partners
. H&M will actively use all its possible leverage to ensure that its direct suppliers respect human and trade union rights in the workplace.
Workers’ representatives are not discriminated against and have access to carry out their representative functions in the workplace.
The parties will provide training for both management and union representatives on employers’ responsibilities, workers’ rights and obligations, industrial relations, collective bargaining agreements and peaceful conflict resolution

6. KEY POINTS:
IndustriALL & IF Metall together with affiliated unions, shall evaluate and provide capacity building to all trade unions and worker representatives present at H&M’s supplier & subcontractors.
IndustriALL and IF Metall will undertake this work with trade unions, with the initial focus on increasing capacity to ensure implementation of the GFA.

7. Structure for Implementation
Management-TU/ Workers
Factory level
National Monitoring Committees
H&M- IndustriALL
H&M- IndustriALL- IF Metall
Development Committee
Joint Industrial Relations
Factory level - industrial relations promoted by the signatories. Disputes, at first, always should be dealt with by the social partners at factory level.
NMC - New feature for a TGSL GFA - – set up in 5 countries in
JIRDC - Planning and overseeing practical implementation of this Agreement at global level
When necessary, provide support and guidance to the National Monitoring Committees

8. National Monitoring Committee
Made up of both – IndustriALL (local affiliates) and H&M in county representatives
Create, monitor and evaluate the national strategy
Assist with the resolution of industrial relations issues and disputes.
Meets regularly and reports back to the JIRDC
JIRDC
NMC
CAMBODIA
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Advisory/ Strategic Support
NMC
TURKEY