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I.R. UPDATE
PPresentation byresentation by
Brent WiltonBrent WiltonSecretary-GeneralSecretary-General
GIRN Meeting
New York, 15-16 October 2014
Latin American Federation of Banks – UNI
GDF Suez and IndustriALL, BWI, PSI
Extension to existing IFA
IFAsIFAs
Re-election
Campaigning/organising
Push on governments – ratification
Control of message – inequality; German central bank.
“Inequality recognised as holding back growth”
ITUCITUC
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”
IndustriALLIndustriALL
Business and Human Rights Linkage to traditional IR issues, eg. Collective bargaining
Strategic PrioritiesStrategic Priorities
Work place conditions
Exercise of right to join a union
Union recognitionBasic human rights
Terms & conditionsUnion rights & human rights
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 RightsLinkage of Union Rights to Human Rights
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 forwardAlliances to take the agenda forward
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.
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