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Transnational regulation of decent work through Global Framework Agreements: a collective instrument of worker voice

In: The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Michael Fichter

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Global Framework Agreements (GFAs) are negotiated with transnational corporations (TNCs) by Global Unions. Based on the ILO Core Labor Standards, GFAs are currently the only transnational instrument for unions and workers to act collectively and achieve minimum standards for regulating working conditions and labor relations worldwide in TNCs and partially in their global production networks as well. Implemented in over 100 of the largest TNCs worldwide, GFAs put essentials of the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda into practice, moving the governance of working conditions beyond unilateral corporate social responsibility toward globalizing labor-management relations. Still, being negotiated at TNC headquarters, their implementation on the ground is an ongoing challenge for workers, their unions, and local management. To ensure effectiveness, implementation must be a joint management-labor multi-organizational procedure comprising three sets of practices: information dissemination and communication, comprehensive training programs, and operational measures such as monitoring and detailed dispute resolution measures.

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  • Michael Fichter, 2025. "Transnational regulation of decent work through Global Framework Agreements: a collective instrument of worker voice," Chapters, in: Madelaine Moore & Christoph Scherrer & Marcel van der Linden (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Decent Work and the Sustainable Development Goals, chapter 38, pages 473-486, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21934_38
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