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Article

5 Jul 2004

Author:
Union Network International

UNI backs efforts to put teeth into Global Compact - Unions urged to press multinationals for global framework agreements

The key issue for global union federations like UNI is that of ensuring that Compact commitments by companies...become realities...UNI affiliates are also being urged to press the major multinationals they deal with to sign global framework agreements with UNI - enshrining core labour rights wherever the companies operate around the world. [refers to UNI's existing global framework agreements with Telefónica, Carrefour, OTE, ISS, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)]