IndustriALL Global UNION &
H&M Global Framework
Agreement –
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GLOBAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
• POINTS:
• Signed November 3, 2015
• A GFA serves to protect the interests of workers across the operations of
multinationals, setting the best standards for trade union rights.
• Expression of a joint committment between the signatories.
• Promotes decent work, freedom of association and collective bargaining
in the supply chain.
• Global Framework Agreement also improves industrial relations and
betters the relationship with company decision makers.
• Upon request, H&M will provide a list of all direct suppliers and
subcontrators factories to IndustriALL Global Union.
OVERVIEW
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Signatories: IndustriALL Global
Union, H&M and IF Metall.
• Covers 1.6 million workers in
H&M’s global supply chain in
their over 1,900 factories.
• Founded on the shared believe
that well-structured industrial
relations are an essential
component of stable and
sustainable social relations in
production
OVERVIEW
Freedom of Association and Collective
Bargaining
Discrimination, diversity and equality
Child labour and young workers
Forced, bonded, prison and illegal labour
Recognized employment
Fair Living Wage and benefits
Working hours
Health and safety
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KEY POINTS:
• The parties will jointly promote signing of collective agreements both at
factory, company and industrial level between relevant social partners
•. H&M will actively use all its possible leverage to ensure that its direct
suppliers respect human and trade union rights in the workplace.
• Workers’ representatives are not discriminated against and have access
to carry out their representative functions in the workplace.
• The parties will provide training for both management and union
representatives on employers’ responsibilities, workers’ rights and
obligations, industrial relations, collective bargaining agreements and
peaceful conflict resolution
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KEY POINTS:
•IndustriALL & IF Metall together with affiliated unions, shall evaluate and
provide capacity building to all trade unions and worker representatives
present at H&M’s supplier & subcontractors.
•IndustriALL and IF Metall will undertake this work with trade unions,
with the initial focus on increasing capacity to ensure implementation of
the GFA.
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Structure for
Implementation
Factory level
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Factory level - industrial
relations promoted by the
signatories. Disputes, at first,
always should be dealt with by
the social partners at factory
level.
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NMC - New feature for a TGSL
GFA - – set up in 5 countries in
2016.
Management-TU/
Workers
National Monitoring
Committees
H&M- IndustriALL
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JIRDC - Planning and overseeing
practical implementation of
this Agreement at global level
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When necessary, provide
support and guidance to the
National Monitoring
Committees
Joint Industrial Relations
Development Committee
H&M- IndustriALL- IF
Metall
National Monitoring Committee
JIRDC
Advisory/
Strategic
Support
NMC
NMC
NMC
NMC
NMC
CAMBODIA
Indonesia
TURKEY
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Made up of both – IndustriALL
(local affiliates) and H&M in
county representatives
Create, monitor and evaluate
the national strategy
Assist with the resolution of
industrial relations issues and
disputes.
Meets regularly and reports
back to the JIRDC
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