1. I.R. UPDATE P resentation by Brent Wilton Secretary-General GIRN Meeting New York, 15-16 October 2014

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

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

4.  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

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

6. Exercise of right to join a union

7. Union recognition Basic human rights

8. Terms & conditions Union rights & human rights

9.  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

10.  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

11.  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.

12.  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