Inditex: the fashion retail group is turning to union experts for assistance in implementing the global framework agreement on fundamental rights along its supply chain

On 25 April the Spanish fashion retail giant and the international union federation IndustriALL Global signed a global agreement that will deploy trade union experts per country or region who will contribute to better enforcement of the existing 2007 Global Framework Agreement (GFA) subsequently renewed in 2014 (c.f. article No. 8513) on fundamental labor rights along the supply chain. Inditex will sign separate ‘cluster’ (geographic area) agreements with IndustriALL Global, with each one setting out the requirements for the trade union experts with Inditex paying for the costs of the work carried out. The first cluster contract was signed for Turkey and is the first opportunity for the union to provide support bordering on advisory within the framework of the implementation of a framework agreement.