Vevey November 2013 Brent WILTON Secretary-General IFA/GUF UPDATE November 2013

Vevey November 2013  IFAs Quieter, BUT –Solvay - Rhodia Renault Group – IndustriAll July, “Social, societal and environmental” Complicated –1998 Declaration –Principles in 8 Conventions –Global Compact –ILO Convention 158 –OECD Guidelines –Recognises ISO as a standard

Vevey November 2013 –Union neutrality –Linkages to works council –Pay equity –Partial application to subcontractors –CSR: road safety –Environmental –Oversight – C° and Renault Groups Works Council and IndustriAll –French law applies (?)

Vevey November 2013 ENEL June PSI and IndustriAll – 22 pages!! –Principles from Conventions –ILO Declaration –Global Compact –ILO MNE Declaration –OECD Guidelines on MNEs –UN Guiding Principles

Vevey November 2013 Fair income Neutrality Decent Work! Subsidiaries, contractors, supply chain Est. Global Works Council –List of discussion topics! –Members named by trade unions –UN Guiding Principles Coordinating unions committee Multilateral committee on best practice & innovative ideas and on health and safety training, equal employment opportunity

Vevey November 2013 OTHER ISSUES  Power of IFAs new union members in Kenya under G4S agreement.  Deutsche Telecom – Union Alliance  Declaration of UNI affiliates on major supporting events – tie in with RWI “Red card for FIFA” re Qatar – Professional Footballers Association. Part of global migration debate.  Nissan “Choosing Rights” – Mississippi state. Conference of NAACP and Lance Compa.

Vevey November 2013 Autoworkers – VW – talk of agreement, but not yet – backlash by some workers. -Faurecia Kentucky – interiors for Ford and GM organised, BUT same company in Alabama that supplies Mercedes says NO.

Vevey November 2013 AFL/CIO Resolution – Global organizing – commit to building strategic alliances. Working America – AFL/CIO “community affiliate” – provide services to non-union workers. AKA “alternative labour groups” – opens the door to unionizing later. Union front organisations (UFOs) ask worker centres.

Vevey November 2013 Workers’ Centres. Fair income / Living wage

Vevey November 2013 BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS  2 nd Forum on Business and Human Rights, 3 & 4 December. 2 December p.m. business preparatory meeting  Regional Forum: August, Colombia late spring 2014 Africa.  Country visits: July, Ghana September, Russia - postponed

Vevey November 2013  Global Practice Initiative Users’ manual and risk management guide – last meeting October. Of 14 members, only 4-5 active.  UN Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous People – released in August.  Survey activities – 22 November deadline  OHCHR project on corporate liability, 7-8 October Mainly issue of extra-territoriality Anti-union behaviour – a gross human rights abuse

Vevey November 2013  Shift – Mazars Project: Development of global human rights auditing standards.  Draft EU legislation on non-financial reporting.