ICEM Global Framework Agreement with Lafarge
On 12 september 2005, the ICEM signed its 12th global agreement with Lafarge, leading French building material multinational. The agreement was co-signed by another GUF, the IFBWW (International Federation of Building and Wood Workers), and by the World Federation of Building and Woodworkers Unions. It was ICEM’s first global agreement in the materials sector.
The agreement contains essential labour rights principles, mentions trading partners, subcontractors and suppliers and establishes a process to review and implement the agreement in all Lafarge worksites.
Click here for the ICEM News release on the signing of the agreement.
Text of the global agreement with Lafarge
(English version - PDF)
Texte de l'accord avec Lafarge
(French version - PDF)
Text of the global agreement with Lafarge
(Korean version - PDF)
Text of the global agreement with Lafarge
(Thai version - PDF)
Text of the global agreement with Lafarge
(Hindi version - PDF (ICEM Translation)
Further down you can find a list of ICEM articles related to Lafarge.
 Lafarge Closure Deal Reached for French Workers at Frangey |
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10 October 2011 France ICEM InBrief  |
An agreement was reached 29 September between Lafarge and the French Central Works Council regarding the Frangey cement plant in the L’Yonne province of Burgundy. The compromise agreement ended a ten-day hunger strike at Lafarge offices in the Paris suburbs by 12 workers plus the mayor of the nearest town to the plant, Lézinnes.
Mayor Jean-Claude Galaud joined protesting workers... Read the article |
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| French Unions Conduct 4-Hour Strike at Lafarge Today |
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6 June 2011 France ICEM InBrief  |
Four French unions, led by the CGT and the CFDT, carried out four-hour strikes at Lafarge cement plants today, 6 June, in protest to the company’s intended plans to shut its Frangey cement facility near Lézinnes, L’Yonne province, some 170 kilometres southeast of Paris. Workers began blocking trucks this morning at the Frangey plant and work stoppages were occurring at other French...Read the article |
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| ICEM, BWI, US Boilermakers Bring LaFarge USA Dispute to Company in Paris |
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9 October 2008 Switzerland France United States ICEM InBrief Alert  |
The continuing collective bargaining dispute between ICEM’s North American affiliate, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, and French multinational LaFarge in Sugar Creek, Missouri, received keen focus in Paris recently. The ICEM, together with the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) – co-signatories to a Global Framework Agreement with the company – brought...Read the article |
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| ICEM intensifies Campaign on Contract and Agency Labour with New Site and New Publications | ||
6 October 2008 |
Global |
ICEM News release |
| Lafarge’s Health Coverage Cuts Concern ICEM US Affiliate Boilermakers | ||
8 September 2008 |
Canada United States |
ICEM InBrief |
| Lafarge’s Proposed Health Coverage Cuts in State of Missouri Brings Global Resistance | ||
8 September 2008 |
United States |
ICEM News release |
| ICEM Latin American/Caribbean Region Firms Action Plan for 2008-2011 | ||
2 June 2008 |
Argentina Bolivia Brazil ... |
ICEM InBrief |
| FCE-CFDT Holds 4th Congress, Accenting Strong Global Trade Union Stands | ||
28 January 2008 |
France |
ICEM InBrief |
| Lafarge Agrees to Give Employment, Union Rights to Korean Contract Workers’ | ||
4 June 2007 |
South Korea |
ICEM InBrief |
| Lafarge Resisting Unionisation of Contract Workers at Korean Cement Plant | ||
26 March 2007 |
South Korea |
ICEM InBrief |
| Text of the Global Framework Agreement with Lafarge - Thai version | ||
5 January 2007 |
Thailand |
PDF |
| Text of the Global Framework Agreement with Lafarge - Korean version | ||
17 August 2006 |
Global |
PDF |
| ICEM Global Info 2-2005 | ||
8 November 2005 |
Belgium Canada Finland ... |
PDF |
| ICEM HIV/AIDS e-bulletin - No. 2 | ||
3 November 2005 |
Japan South Africa Global |
ICEM HIV/AIDS Bulletin |
| Text of the Global Framework Agreement between ICEM and Lafarge | ||
12 September 2005 |
Global |
PDF |
| ICEM Signs Global Agreement with French-based Lafarge | ||
12 September 2005 |
France |
ICEM News release |
| Canadian LaFarge Strikers Win | ||
18 June 2002 |
Canada |
ICEM News release |
| See also documents in French | ||
| Les syndicats français mènent des grèves de 4 heures contre Lafarge (FR) | ||
6 June 2011 |
France |
ICEM InBrief |
ICEM Protests Northern Cyprus Strike Ban in Energy Sector
Proud Indonesian Miners End Strike with Freeport-McMoRan
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