ICEM Global Framework Agreement with Freudenberg
The ICEM and German rubber and plastics producer Freudenberg Group signed a Global Agreement in June 2000, and it was renewed in 2002. German affiliate IG BCE is also signatory to the agreement. The agreement spells out minimum labour standards that the company will adhere to including all ILO Core Conventions that embrace trade union rights, workplace equality, protection of health, safety and environmental criteria, and bans on child labour and forced labour. The agreement also contains Social Responsibility language, specifically that the company condemns involvement in unethical or illegal business and that as a matter of principle, privately-held Freudenberg will produce no weapons or war materials.
Click here for the ICEM News release on the signing of the agreement.
Click here for the ICEM News release on the renewal of the agreement.
Texts of the Global Agreement
Finnish version French version
German version Hungarian version
Italian version Japanese version
Polish version Portuguese version
Russian version Slovak version
Spanish version Swedish version
Further down you can find a list of ICEM articles related to Freudenberg.
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17 November 2008 Norway ICEM InBrief  |
On 13 November, ICEM, together with Norwegian affiliate Industri Energi (IE), reached a new Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with StatoilHydro.
The agreement replaces ICEM’s first global agreement with Norway’s state-operated oil and gas producer, Statoil, which was signed in July 1998 in coordination with Norsk Olje og Petrokjemisk Fagforbund (NOPEF), the trade union covering Norway’s... Read the article |
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| Repsol Management Formally Recognises Workers’ Energy Network of Spain, Latin America/Caribbean |
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17 November 2008 Argentina Bolivia Brazil ... ICEM InBrief  |
In Madrid, Spain, on 4 November, a protocol agreement was signed that provides management recognition of the ICEM-supported Latin American/Spanish Repsol-YPF Trade Union Network. Management of the Madrid-based oil and gas company agreed to recognise the workers’ network as a collective body to represent the trade unions in the countries where both Repsol and its 85% owned subsidiary, YPF, operate....Read the article |
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| ICEM Pays Tribute to US Unions in Key Role in Election of Barack Obama |
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17 November 2008 United States ICEM InBrief  |
The ICEM extended its congratulations to US trade union affiliates over the election of Illinois Senator Barack Obama as President of the country. In opening remarks at the ICEM’s 6 November Presidium in Geneva, both President Senzeni Zokwana and General Secretary Manfred Warda paid tribute to the great role the American trade unions had in electing a progressive President.
“The whole...Read the article |
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| XSTRATA UNIONS GLOBAL NETWORK | ||
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| XSTRATA UNIONS GLOBAL NETWORK - October, 2008 | ||
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