If the creation of transnational "union coordination" is becoming a common practice, the recognition of such coordination by a company is much less so. But it is the case of the Spanish group Repsol which signed, on November 4, 2008, an agreement with the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM). This agreement recognizes the "Repsol-YPF union network" as collectively representing the trade unions present within the group and its subsidiary, YPF. (Ref. 080908)
“The agreement
is the result of three years work” the ICEM specified, and is based on work
done by the “Peace and Solidarity Foundation” of the CC.OO Spanish union. The goal
was to “bring together the trade unions representing workers of Repsol and YPF.”
“Meetings in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and Lima enabled the trade unions to
establish themselves as a viable entity, as well as to prepare for recognition
and social dialogue with Repsol-YPF senior management.” With this agreement,
the unio
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