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Background document prepared for discussion groups
at the Clean Clothes Campaign workshop on:
"Implementation of Codes of Conduct, with Emphasis on Freedom
of Association and Collective Bargaining"
19 September 2005
IG Metall Head Office, Frankfurt, Germany
Prepared by the CCC International Secretariat
Comments welcome: Jeroen@cleanclothes.org
Introduction
This document was prepared for the discussion groups during the workshop
"Implementation of Codes of Conduct, with Emphasis on Freedom of
Association and Collective Bargaining," held at the IG Metall headquarters
in Frankfurt (Germany) on 19 September 2005. This workshop took a closer
look at the relation between codes of labour practice and accompanying
implementation schemes concerning Freedom of Association (FoA) and Collective
Bargaining (CB). The workshop, funded by EU DG Employment and organised
by the CCC International secretariat in co-operation with the German
CCC, brought together European stakeholder representatives, as well
as representatives from several Multistakeholder Initiatives for an
in-depth discussion.
The three topics of discussion were:
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What are genuine workers' representation mechanisms
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How to assess FoA compliance and investigate violations
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How to respond to union repression and concrete strategies for
remediation.
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