On March 16, ThyssenKrupp together with the group's works council, the German metal workers union IG Metall, and IndustriALL Global Union signed a global framework agreement on minimum labor standards. The agreement will cover the industrial group’s 150,000 employees from its 80 sites around the globe.
The agreement takes up the ILO conventions of the abolition of forced labor, prohibition of all forms of discrimination, prohibition of child labor, the setting of a minimum working age, the right to collective bargaining, and the freedom of association (on this particular point the agreement has added the principle of management neutrality vis-à-vis union presence), as well as commitments over health and safety, career development, etc..
Should disagreements arise over the agreement’s...
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