Uni Global, IndustriALL and the ITF - the international union federations of services, manufacturing and transportation - decided, on October 25, to set up a strategic supply chain alliance. The idea is to increase pressure on multinational companies all along the supply chain to force them to take responsibility for existing abuses to workers’ rights. (Ref. 120662)
Vulnerability. Unions first observed that one weak link somewhere in the chain could affect all of production and lead to abuses. “We have the most sophisticated supply chain in economic history yet it is vulnerable and fragile. A recent Georgia Institute of Technology study shows a glitch in a company’s supply chain can torpedo shareholder values by 25%.
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