Global Framework Agreements: Building and Protecting Space for Local Collective Bargaining Through International Organization

Authors

  • Euan Gibb

Abstract

The definitive rejection of any substantive linkage between labour rights and the strong enforcement mechanisms of the World Trade Organization in 1994 provoked the global trade union movement to develop alternative strategies to increase respect for the ILO’s core labour standards. This article critically assesses the rapid and recent growth of International Framework Agreements signed between global unions and multinational companies as one labour movement strategy to reduce competition between workers in different countries by organizing to guarantee that all workers have basic, internationally recognized labour rights respected no matter where they live and work.

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Published

2020-07-16

How to Cite

Gibb, E. (2020). Global Framework Agreements: Building and Protecting Space for Local Collective Bargaining Through International Organization. Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 31(1). Retrieved from https://alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar/article/view/22518

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2020): Populism, Power and Protest

Section

Interventions

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