A month-long strike by the ICEM-affiliated Teamsters Union (IBT) in the US continues (...) The work stoppage by 90 members of IBT Local 25 in Massachusetts against Paris-based Saint-Gobain’s wholly-owned CertainTeed subsidiary began on 19 December over unreasonable demands to reduce workers’ health insurance benefits.
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Saint Gobain is a Global Compact participant since 2003/04/22.
This blog provides information on how U.N. Global Compact participants' walk the talk. The GC is a voluntary initiative at the strategic level to engage businesses towards sustainability principles. There is however a risk of 'blue-washing' by covering up corporate misbehaviour and law infringement from large MNEs through poorly enforced 'Integrity Measures' and weak U.N supervision. Let's 'WE', civil society stay tuned!
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
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