Home » Industrial relations » Transnational industrial relations » IndustriALL Global suspends its global agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen (in brief) IndustriALL Global suspends its global agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen (in brief) In December 2018 and in what is a first ever for IndustriALL Global Union, the international industry federation’s executive committee unanimously voted to suspend a global agreement. Referring to the German car manufacturer’s consistent refusal to accord the same rights to its workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, US, as it does in the rest of the world ‘IndustriALL Global Union is today (21 January 2019) suspending its long-standing global agreement with Volkswagen.’ The union federation has repeatedly criticized the German carmaker (c.f. article No. 10936) for turning to the US NLRB, and seeking to invalidate the Chattanooga technician workers’ vote back in December 2015 that supported maintaining the UAW trade union presence (c.f. article No. 9404). “We have good working relations with Volkswagen elsewhere in the world and suspending the GFA is unfortunate. But the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining is central to us,” stated Valter Sanches, IndustriALL general secretary. Through . Published on 22 January 2019 à 14h12 - Update on 22 January 2019 à 13h55 Resources Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels