»An example is the cooperation of apparel MNC operating in Cambodia and IndustriALL. They sent a letter dated 18 September 2014 to the government of Cambodia and the Garment Manufacturers Assoc…
Chapter 6.4 Supply chain bargaining: the example of the ACT Initiative
»In some countries, such as in Turkey, migrant workers are not allowed to unionize. If they do, workers are dismissed with the attendant risk of losing their residence permit and having to retu…
Chapter 6.2 Workers' strategies in a global economy
»Industry-wide bargaining are expected to bring benefits to workers who see their rights and working conditions improved; for governments who benefit from the development that is brought about …
Chapter 6.3 Bargaining for living wages and the role of TNCs
»I have selected the case IHC CALAND (Burma) V FNV and CNV. http://www.tuacoecdmneguidelines.org/CaseDescription.asp?id=89 In July 2001, two Dutch unions (FNV and CNV) requested the Dutch NCP t…
Chapter 5.3 The OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises
»In my opinion CSR should firstly concentrate on avoiding impacts emanating from the company's activities. This includes of course working conditions of the workforce (be it direct employees or…
Chapter 5.1 CSR and Private Governance
»In Luxembourg we have very limited cases of home-work due to the type of sectors and industries present, the size of the country (0.5 million inhabitants) and the regulations in place (e.g. Ub…
Chapter 4.4 Homeworkers in GSC
»Ms Burrow from ITUC says that responsibility is outsourced in GSC indicating that by subcontracting the acquisition of certain services and supplies, the TNC are passing on responsibility on t…
Chapter 4.3 The realities of Work on GSC
»Employment fragmentation can make it more difficult or in some cases imposible to have due union representation to part of the workforce or to the full workforce. For example, when national le…
Chapter 4.2 The fragmentation of labour
»"Contested Terrain" with regard to employment refers to the conflicts that emerge regarding employment practices between workers and managers. Workers key interests (e.g. job content, type of …
Chapter 4.1 TNCs and labour: the contested terrain
»Unions have actively participated in the drafting of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which are recommendations addressed by governments to multinational enterprises operatin…