Is there any literature that specifically and explicitly addresses any impacts of European Works Councils and International Framework Agreements on workers?
Needless to say, I am not interested on generic discussions about participation in decision making, procedural and admin aspects, etc, etc.; ONLY about what impact, if any, EWCs and IFAs have on workers - positive or negative.
Hi George,
For an evaluation on the IFA with Inditex: Miller, D. 2011. “Global social relations and corporate social responsibility in outsourced apparel supply chains: The Inditex Global Framework Agreement”, in K. Papadakis (ed.): Shaping global industrial relations: The impact of international framework agreements (Geneva, ILO/Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan)
Chapter five of this document looks at case studies of impact of IFAs: Hadwiger, Felix (2016) ‘Global framework agreements: Achieving decent work in global supply chains’, International Labor Office, Geneva., Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---actrav/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_434248.pdf
And are you sure these discussions on impacts are about the WORKERS??...
I'd say it is easy if there is the will and a critical perspective. ... How about just asking workers what impact EWCs they think have had on their working life? The expected outcome though might be not so positive.
Well, thanks, but what do you mean "assume there are some outcomes"; are there or there are not? You are not sure? My understanding is that no single one has actually bothered to examine any impact on working conditions! It is really unbelievable but not inexplicable. Please read my draft on reification to understand why
Not directly related to this question, but I know you're also interested in the impact of codes on actual working condition. This paper based on interviews with Indonesian trade unionists suggests some positive impact on CBAs (p. 240, Bartley and Egels-Zanden, 2016 'Beyond decoupling....'
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