Transnational Governance of Workers’ Rights: Outlining a Research Agenda

Egels‐Zandén, Niklas

doi:10.1007/s10551-008-9877-y

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“…Kaufman () highlights four key components underscoring the Industrial Democracy approach: democratic methods for worker participation in decision making; those within the organization can hold those in authority to account; due process to be followed in disputes; and a balance in power between the employer and workers through collective organization. Thus, the involvement of unions representing the interests of workers in developing labour regulation is seen as crucial (Egels‐Zanden ). Global Union Federations (GUFs), seen as the legitimate representatives of global labour, take a prominent role in the emerging global labour governance architecture (Fairbrother et al .…”

Section: Transnational Labour Governance In Global Supply Chains: Twomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unions have increasingly engaged in complementary activities that induce companies to take responsibility (Compa ; Egels‐Zanden ). This has prompted a growing relationship between unions and NGOs in terms of building international alliances to leverage CSR commitments of brands and retailers (Preuss et al .…”

Section: Interplay Between Industrial Democracy and Csr In Global Supmentioning

confidence: 99%

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When Industrial Democracy Meets Corporate Social Responsibility — A Comparison of the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance as Responses to the Rana Plaza Disaster

Donaghey

Reinecke

2017

Brit J Industrial Rel

192

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Industrial Democracy are two paradigmatic approaches to transnational labour governance. They differ considerably with regard to the role accorded to the representation of labour. CSR tends to view workers as passive recipients of corporate‐led initiatives, with little attention paid to the role of unions. Industrial Democracy centres on labour involvement: those affected by governance need to be part of it. Examining the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance as governance responses to the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, this article offers a comparative perspective of how Industrial Democracy‐oriented and CSR‐oriented initiatives translate into differences in implementation. The article highlights that while CSR can foster effective problem‐solving in the short run, Industrial Democracy is necessary to build governance capacities involving workers in the long run.

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Section: Transnational Labour Governance In Global Supply Chains: Twomentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Interplay Between Industrial Democracy and Csr In Global Supmentioning

confidence: 99%

When Industrial Democracy Meets Corporate Social Responsibility — A Comparison of the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance as Responses to the Rana Plaza Disaster

Donaghey

Reinecke

2017

Brit J Industrial Rel

192

188

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“…The resulting 'hollowing out' of national labour market regulations and the related changes of industrial relations, inferred by the connective informalization of the economies and irregular migration, demonstrated an urgent need for a transnational governance of workers' rights (Egels-Zandén, 2009). Several UN agencies over the course of the 1990s, within their overlapping mandates to promote human development, labour rights and social justice, elaborated on a comprehensive theoretical and policy framework for the promotion of the social dimension of globalization; a 'UN paradigm' that could represent an alternative to neoliberal trade and export-led development approach Thérien, 2005).…”

Section: Global Political Economy Migration and Global Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Global migration governance, civil society and the paradoxes of sustainability

Likić-Brborić

2018

Globalizations

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Against the presentation of an asymmetric global governance, this article analyzes the formation of global migration governance with its focus on the politics of migration and development. It traces the marginalization of a rights-based approach to migration and the streamlining of migration governance into business-friendly migration management and a geopolitical securitization agenda. It also reviews the trajectory towards factoring migration into a global development policy discourse as formulated in the UN 2030 Development Agenda. Specifically, it indicates that the inclusion of migration into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may promote migrant workers' rights because several of these invoke universal human rights instruments, social protection and the observance of the ILO decent work agenda. However, this will only be possible if civil society critically engages powerful state and non-state actors in the process of monitoring the SDGs' implementation, and resists their streamlining into investment and free trade neoliberal development regimes.

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“…). Riisgaard and Hammer (), as well as Egels‐Zanden (), analyse IFAs in the light of stakeholder pressure and trade unions' initiatives to regulate labour throughout the global value chain (see also Niforou ). These authors show that IFAs are a response to specific stakeholder pressure by trade unions and a strategic decision of management to avoid conflicts with trade unions.…”

Section: State Of the Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transnational Alliances for Negotiating International Framework Agreements: Power Relations and Bargaining Processes between Global Union Federations and European Works Councils

Dehnen

2013

Brit J Industrial Rel

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Why should European Works Councils (EWCs) discuss the InternationalLabour Organisation's core labour standards? With respect to their legal duties, EWCs are information and consultation bodies on European topics. In practice, they can become main actors in negotiating and implementing international framework agreements (IFAs) about core labour standards in multinational companies. Using theoretical models of internal and inter-organizational bargaining, the author highlights the role of those European bodies that work together with Global Union Federations (GUFs) during negotiations. In order to analyse the different forms of actors' involvement in negotiations, empirical data from a content analysis of all IFAs, as well as three company case studies, will be presented. It will be argued that internal bargaining between EWCs and GUFs influences negotiations with management. Furthermore, the article discusses the role of norms and institutions that shape internal as well as interorganizational bargaining processes, and lead to different forms of involvement of employee representation bodies.

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Transnational Governance of Workers’ Rights: Outlining a Research Agenda

Cited by 28 publications

References 112 publications

When Industrial Democracy Meets Corporate Social Responsibility — A Comparison of the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance as Responses to the Rana Plaza Disaster

When Industrial Democracy Meets Corporate Social Responsibility — A Comparison of the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance as Responses to the Rana Plaza Disaster

Global migration governance, civil society and the paradoxes of sustainability

Transnational Alliances for Negotiating International Framework Agreements: Power Relations and Bargaining Processes between Global Union Federations and European Works Councils

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