IndustriALL Global Union IndustriALL supply chains initiatives IndustriALL Global Union 9th ITUC PERC Summer School 28 September, 2016

IndustriALL Global Union Where do we come from? ICEM IMF ITGLWF

IndustriALL offices Geneva, SWITZERLAND Moscow, RUSSIA CIS-States IndustriALL HQ Moscow, RUSSIA CIS-States SINGAPORE Southeast-Asia and Pacific New Delhi, INDIA South Asia Montevideo, URUGUAY Latin America and Caribbean Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Sub-Saharan Africa

IndustriALL’s strategic goals Every activity has to be in line with these goals Build Trade Union power Confront global capital Defend workers’ rights Fight precarious work Ensure sustainable industrial employment

Global supply chains Growth WITHOUT accountability Driven employment growth Global South Half billion jobs linked with More than one fifth global workforce UN Guiding Principles say MNCs responsible working conditions Massive CSR / social auditing industry Weak laws, weaker enforcement Lead firms not take responsibility Non-living wages, precarious work, rights violations

Some key tools for IndustriALL Building power in supply chains Global Framework Agreements (GFAs) Corporate campaigns Bangladesh Accord ACT Not used in isolation, best in fact if come together i.e. GFA can be more effective if have a MNC network, MNC network can be used in corporate campaign, corporate campaign can be run to get a GFA, etc.

IndustriALL GFAs Social dialog, CSR with unions Social dialog, strong unions, CSR with union involvement and using commitments of company to build union power

IndustriALL GFAs With 46 companies across our sectors Aker, AngloGold, BMW, Bosch, Brunel, Daimler, EADS, EDF, Electrolux, Endesa, Enel, Eni, Evonik, Ford, Freudenberg, Gamesa, GDF Suez, GEA, H&M, Indesit, Inditex, Leoni, Lukoil, MAN, Mann + Hummel, Mizuno, Norsk Hydro, Norske Skog, Petrobras, Prym, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Rheinmetall, Röchling, Saab, SCA, Siemens, Solvay, SKF, Statoil, Total, ThyssenKrupp, Umicore, Vallourec, Volkswagen, ZF

IndustriALL corporate campaigns Fighting back and fighting forward

Bangladesh Accord Supply chain responsibility follows Rana Plaza tragedy April 2013 Rana Plaza collapse killing 1,134 workers, many major brands sourced ready made garments from there

Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety MNC responsibility for safety in garment supply chain Legally binding agreement Over 200 garment brands Union role in governance Independent inspection program Public disclosure of inspections, corrective actions Brands help fund remediation Factory level H&S committees Over 1,500 factories inspected Corrective actions significant though behind schedule

ACT MNC responsibility for living wage in garment supply chain Initiative of garment brands and unions Aim take wages out of competition in country Jointly work toward industry-wide collective bargaining in garment producing countries Supported by brand purchasing practices Memorandums of Understanding signed but still in development phase

NXP case Corporate campaign in supply chain Manufacture semiconductors Dispute Philippines EPZ 2014 Apple a key customer Sacked all 24 members of the union exec May 5, 2014 for taking time off on a national holiday. Took place during long, contentious negotiations. We believe an attempt to destroy one of few unions in the EPZ. Very strong campaign in Philippines. Continue to work but worksite actions, actions in EPZ and actions in other parts of the Philippines. IA outreach to NXP multiple times over a couple months but no response.

NXP case Target customer Apple 150,000 petitions and 14,000 complaints Social media campaign Apple Store protests Quick settlement with major progress

Rio Tinto case Corporate campaign in supply chain Note this using corporate

Daimler case GFA in supply chain Organizing successes India, Mexico Majority of 30 cases raised under the GFA solved Applies to suppliers Trainings for suppliers

H&M case Supply chain GFA World’s leading garment retailer 1.6 million workers in supply chain 1,900 supplier factories Signed November 2015 Successes Myanmar, Pakistan December Myanmar 8 sacked union leaders gained reinstatement and union gained recognition at H&M supplier. Pakistan 88 union activists reinstated.

H&M case Supply chain GFA Strong language organizing, living wage National monitoring committees Discloses supply chain to unions Jointly developed training programs