Global framework agreement

A global framework agreement is an agreement between a global trade union federation and / or a European trade union federation and a multinational corporation (MNC) to regulate working relationships within the corporation, often also in the entire supply chain . In 2017, according to a list from IG Metall, there were 124 such agreements.

These were distributed among the global / European trade union federations as follows:

• BWI : 20,
• BWI, IndustriALL : 2,
• EPSU : 1,
• ETF : 1,
• IFJ : 1,
• IndustriALL: 52,
• IndustriALL, PSI : 2,
• IndustriALL, BHI, PSI: 1,
• IUF : 7,
• UNI : 37.

Literature / links

• M. Fichter et al., Globalizing Labor Relations, On Course With Framework Agreements? Berlin (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung), 2012, PDF, 6 pages , accessed on January 15, 2018
• Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb, International Framework Agreements. An instrument to enforce social human rights? Berlin (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) 2013, PDF, 19 pages , accessed on March 11, 2018
• "Principles of the IndustriALL Global Union for Global Framework Agreements (GRV)" PDF, 3 pages , accessed on January 15, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ M. Fichter et al. (see literature), however, point out that "(i) in many cases ... the signature of the GGF (is) a formal act, while the conduct of negotiations is actually in the hands of other employee representatives, such as a works council or a national union at the company's headquarters. "
2. ↑ Alphabetical list of companies with global framework agreements (as of 2017) , accessed January 14, 2018.