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International Framework Agreements (Hammer05) |
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Written by Union Ideas Network (UIN)
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Wednesday, 29 March 2006 |
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This article was published in Transfer 2005, vol 11, issue 4, 511-530.
This paper examines the emergence and the main features of International Framework Agreements (IFAs). IFAs originated in the 1980s and proliferated after 2000. They aim to secure core labour rights across multinational corporations’ global supply chains. Global Union Federations, as well as other global (World Company and Works Councils), regional (European Works Councils or European Industry Federations) and national trade union structures, are parties to IFAs. Based on various features of international trade union activity, such as World Company Councils, codes of conduct, the trade and labour rights campaign or international social dialogue, IFAs constitute an important and innovative tool of international industrial relations. An analysis of the substantive and procedural provisions of IFAs leads to an analytical distinction between ‘rights’ agreements and ‘bargaining’ agreements. The article assesses the substantive and procedural aspects of the 38 IFAs concluded before June 2005. Finally, key issues such as the scope of agreements, trade union capacity, and global supply chains are discussed in the context of international labour’s campaigning, organising and negotiation activities.
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Lubricating Globalisation Research Project |
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Written by Paula Hamilton
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Sunday, 19 March 2006 |
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Lubricating Globalisation: Logistics Service Providers, Transnational Production Networks and Prospects for Labour Organisation
Based at the Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London , this research is a three-year funded CASE studentship by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), involving collaboration with the International Transport Workers Federation. It commenced in October 2004.
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Structuring The Transnational Space: Can Europe Resist Multinational Capital? |
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Written by Richard Hyman
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Wednesday, 08 March 2006 |
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In this contribution I focus on some tensions between ‘globalisation’ (as we all know, an imprecise and contested concept) and established mechanisms of employment regulation at national level. To this end I draw on a number of recent explorations in the comparative political economy of capitalism, and apply these to the specific arena of the European Union (EU). I first offer a broad-brush account of the conflict between neo-liberal globalisation and the established regulatory processes of ‘social Europe’, and discuss in particular the role of multinational capital in challenging nationally-specific ‘post-war compromises’ between governments, trade unions and employers. Next I link this to the advance of a new ‘Brussels consensus’ driven by the overarching priority of competitiveness and a shift to ‘social Europe lite’. After this I ask whether ‘embedded liberalisation’, to borrow from Ruggie (1982), is an option for Europe; and finally I explore other alternatives for resistance.
Richard Hyman, London School of Economics
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International Financial Institutions, Civil Society and the Trade Unions |
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Written by Union Ideas Network (UIN)
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Monday, 27 February 2006 |
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This article examines recent changes in the approach of the international financial institutions to civil society organisations and trade unions. It examines the new approach of the IMF and World Bank and explores how trade unions may respond.
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