News update as of 29 January 2016

On the menu this week: ILO conference and global supply chains, a British plan to safeguard jobs in the oil sector, the European Commission adopts a series of measures combatting corporate tax evasion, in the US Boeing and the engineers’ union agree to let go of their defined benefit pension scheme, the British central trade union body the TUC is ready to campaign to maintain the UK in the European Union.

Through . Published on 29 January 2016 à 16h19 - Update on 28 December 2016 à 11h20

Global supply chains and union expectations for the annual ILO conference. Bernard Thibault, former secretary general of the CGT and current workers’ delegation representative on the ILO board explained to Planet Labor what the unions were expecting from the international labor conference that takes place every year from between May and June in Geneva where there should be a general discussion over the global supply chains. For the former CGT leader, many more human dramas could occur if we have to wait for Bangladesh and Qatar to adhere to international standards and equip themselves with efficient labor authorities.…

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