Konstantinos Papadakis - Shaping Global Industrial Relations: The Impact of International Framework Agreements (Advances in Labour Studies)

1 Convention limiting the Hours of Work in Industrial Undertakings to Eight in the Day and Forty-eight in the Week, 1919.

7 Convention fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Employment at Sea, 1920.

29 Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, 1930.

47 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work to Forty a Week, 1935.

87 Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948.

94 Convention concerning Labour Clauses in Public Contracts, 1949.

95 Convention concerning the Protection of Wages, 1949.

98 Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively, 1949.

100 Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, 1951.

102 Convention concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security, 1952.

105 Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957.

111 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation, 1958.

131 Convention concerning Minimum Wage Fixing, with Special Reference to Developing Countries, 1970.

135 Convention concerning Protection and Facilities to be Afforded to Workers Representatives in the Undertaking, 1971.

138 Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, 1973.

155 Convention concerning Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment, 1981.

156 Convention concerning Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981.

159 Convention concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons), 1983.

161 Convention concerning Occupational Health Services, 1985.

162 Convention concerning Safety in the Use of Asbestos, 1986.

167 Convention concerning Safety and Health in Construction, 1988.

181 Convention concerning Private Employment Agencies, 1997.

182 Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999.

116 Recommendation concerning Reduction of Hours of Work, 1962.

143 Recommendation concerning Protection and Facilities to be Afforded to Workers Representatives in the Undertaking, 1971.

188 Recommendation concerning Private Employment Agencies, 1997.

190 Recommendation concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999.

198 Recommendation concerning the Employment Relationship, 2006.

Table 1 Multinational corporations and trade unions in international framework agreements

Notes: 1. Formerly RAG; 2. Universal Postal Union (UPU) is an UN agency; 3. Formerly Quebecor; 4. Olympia Flexgroup was insolvent as of 2010; 5. Inditex has signed two agreements.
The year records when the IFA was signed. The figure stated under Employees (total) refers to all workers employed by the enterprise globally (Group) and not necessarily the employees actually covered by the IFA. For example, in the case of EDF, some 39,000 workers employed by non-majority owned companies (of a total 169,000), are not covered, as these companies have not adopted the agreement. All business data are for 2009, except where noted (*) for 2008. Companies noted (**) signed a collective agreement with UNI.

Sources: MNE websites and annual reports; GUF websites.

Table 2 Substantive provisions in international framework agreements

Note: The ILO Conventions refer to the latest available version of an IFA, and not to the year when the IFA was signed.

Sources: International framework agreements.

Table 3 References to other multilateral instruments