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Article

9 Oct 2006

Author:
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF)

Outlaw Conduct by Unilever Indian Subsidiary Prompts International Union Action at OECD

Workers at the company's [Hindustan Lever Ltd, HLL] Mumbai (Bombay) factory know the company...as a chronic violator of Indian law. HLL has been found guilty of unfair labour practices over a number of years by every court in the Indian legal system, including the Supreme Court of India...The fraudulent sale of a production facility, financed entirely by Hindustan Lever Ltd., to a company [Bon Limited] which clearly lacked the minimum financial requirements for continued operation, and the illegal termination and closure procedures, not only constitute serious violations of Indian law. They are also major violations of the OECD's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises...The IUF, on behalf of the Hindustan Lever Employees Union, has charged the parent company with egregious violations of the OECD Guidelines in India in submissions to the OECD National Contact Points in the Netherlands and the UK (the two OECD countries in which Unilever is incorporated).