 The Phenomenon of Global Framework AgreementsFelix Hadwiger
Chapter Chapter 3 in Contracting International Employee Participation, 2018, pp 21-60 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The German car manufacturer Volkswagen employs some 600,000 workers in 119 production plants spread across 31 countries. The globalization of production takes place in very different regulatory environments, posing a major challenge for the development of a single global corporate culture and industrial relations policy. In an attempt to harmonize industrial relations in the company, in 2009, Volkswagen signed an amendment to an existing GFA with IndustriALL—a global union federation—called “Charter on Labor Relations within the Volkswagen Group.” In it, Volkswagen promised to grant participation rights to all employees worldwide. In 2014, despite the agreement, an initiative to set up a works council at a Volkswagen production plant in Chattanooga/Tennessee was fiercely opposed by local management and politicians while being supported by the German central management (Fornasier 2015). This recent dispute received considerable media coverage, illustrating how much attitudes towards social dialogue and labor standards can differ within a single company. Date: 2018 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:intchp:978-3-319-71099-0_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71099-0_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in International Law and Economics from Springer |
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