An initiative for the Globalisation of Rights
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An initiative for the Globalisation of Rights
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What is What is OBSERVATÓRIO SOCIALOBSERVATÓRIO SOCIAL (Social Observatory)(Social Observatory)
It is an initiative from the main
Trade Union Confederation in
Brazil (CUT), in cooperation with
DIEESE, CEDEC e
UNITRABALHO.
Our goal is to OBSERVE the
behaviour of NATIONAL,
MULTINATIONAL companies in
regards to the fundamental
RIGHTS at work.
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FNV-Mondiaal – Netherlands
DGB-Bildungswerk - Germany
AFL-CIO – USA
International Labour Office
PSI – Public Services International
LO – Norway
Hans Böckler Foundation – Germany
Oxfam – United Kingdom
SASK – Finland
Sssmsm,ama,d
The Social
Observatory
cooperates with
the following
institutions:
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ABN Amro Bank
Ahold/Bompreço
Akzo Nobel (I e II)
Bayer
Basf
Bosch
Cargill (port)
Embratel
Honda (port)
Light (port)
Hartmann-Mapol
Nestlé (port)
Nokia
Norsk Hydro
Aluminium supply chain (to
be published)
Parmalat
Philips
LG Philips
Santander (port)
Sara Lee (port)
Shell
ThyssenKrupp
Unilever (I e II)
Wal Mart
Some previous reports and studies
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DATA BASE
COMPANY PROFILE(available only in portuguese)
PRODUCTS
RESEARCH REPORT
MAP OF PROBLEMS
SOCIAL AND LABOUR BEHAVIOUR
PUBLICITY
WEB SITE
ARTICLES
REPORTS
NEWS CLIPPING
PUBLICATIONS
MAGAZINE
CD-ROM’S
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Research: references and methods
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REFERENCES AND INDICATORS
• Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (ILO)
• Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (ILO)
• OECD Guidelines to Multinational Enterprises
• UN Global Compact• Decent Work Concept
– Decent Work Country Programmes– Four dimensions:
• Fundamental Rights• Employment• Social Dialogue• Social Protection
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REFERENCES AND INDICATORS
• Norms were adapted for the evaluation of COMPANIES
• We take into consideration the context, the laws, and the practices in Brazil
• We elaborated indicators for 9 rights/themes (2 main blocks)
• Plus one complementary block regarding Corporate Social Responsibility policies
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INDICATORS
Block 1:Fundamental Rights• Freedom of association and collective
bargaining• Non-discrimination• Abolition of Forced Labour (supply chain)• Abolition of Child Labour (supply chain)
Block 2:Work and Employment Conditions• Job creation• Decent wage• Decent working hours• Health and Safety at work• Employment and social protection
Complementary block: Engagement, monitoring and transparency of the CSR policies
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INDICATORS
Example: Freedom of association and collective bargaining – how to measure?
• Freedom of a worker to be unionized;• Unions representatives’ access to the company;• Respect to the right to strike;• Recognition of decisions aproved on assemblies;• Access to information about the company for
effective negotiations;• Direct negotiations between company and
unions
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INDICATORS
Example: Health and Safety at work – how to measure?
• Participation of workers on the elaboration, aplication and monitoring of the mechanisms to improve working conditions;
• Existence of clear information about the work environment and the risks to health and safety;
• Programs on prevention and protection;• Number of accidents in the last years;• Medical center’s conditions;• Proper treatment of injured or ill workers
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RESEARCH PROCEDURE:
Participatory Methodology Company
Trade Union / Confederation
Other representative groups
Monitoring group
Documents analysis
Workers’ opinion survey Representative sample
Stratified samples
“Closed” questionnaire
Applied by researchers (or self-applied)
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RESEARCH PROCEDURE:
Open interviews Managers
Trade Union Leaders
Members of CIPA (Internal Comission for Accidents Prevention)
Others
Focal group – group interviews
Report validation
Trade Union
Company
Publication of the validated report
Negotiation
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ThyssenKrupp Example
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2003:
• Setting of the research project
• Social Observatory Europe Project – Exchange and European campaigns (Germany/ DGB and Netherlands/ FNV)
• Negotiation with company management
Example: ThyssenKrupp
• Controlled 17 companies and 40 locations in Brazil
2002:
• DGB and IGMETTAL visited the Trade Union office and two plants
• Contacts with CNM (Brazilian Metalworkers Confederation) and CUT
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Research description:
Field research in two plants: Foundry (Barra do Pirai/ RJ) and Elevators factory (Guaiba/ RS)
Sample size: 492 of 1.918 workers
Numbers of managers interviewed: 10 from areas like Health and Safety, Environment, Human Resources, Industrial Relations
Numbers of trade union leaders: 2 one from each city
Group: 6 researchers and 1 statistician
Time: from July 2002 to June 2003 – five months of negotiation
Main difficulty: HR staff close monitoring of workers interviewed
Example: ThyssenKrupp
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Main conclusions:• Bad work environment conditions in the foundry plant• Wages below the sectoral average
Germany-Brazil exchange: discussions about the report
outcomes between trade unionists and management Report publication provokes impact and headquarters
reaction Germany HQ management visits the plant Trade Unions in Brazil develop a Company network (7
unions) Company headquarters announces investments from 7
million euros for improvement of the work conditions in
the foundry factory
Example: ThyssenKrupp
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