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An initiative for the Globalisation of Rights
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What is OBSERVATÓRIO SOCIAL (Social
Observatory)
It is an initiative from the main Trade Union
Confederation in Brazil (CUT), in cooperation
with DIEESE, CEDEC e UNITRABALHO. Our goal is to
OBSERVE the behaviour of NATIONAL, MULTINATIONAL
companies in regards to the fundamental RIGHTS at
work.
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The Social Observatory cooperates with the
following institutions
FNV-Mondiaal Netherlands DGB-Bildungswerk -
Germany AFL-CIO USA International Labour
Office PSI Public Services International LO
Norway Hans Böckler Foundation
Germany Oxfam United Kingdom SASK Finland
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ABN Amro Bank Ahold/Bompreço Akzo Nobel (I e
II)BayerBasfBoschCargill (port)EmbratelHonda
(port)Light (port)Hartmann-MapolNestlé
(port)NokiaNorsk Hydro
Some previous reports and studies
Aluminium supply chain (to be published) Parmalat
Philips LG Philips Santander (port) Sara Lee
(port) Shell ThyssenKrupp Unilever (I e II) Wal
Mart
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DATA BASE COMPANY PROFILE (available only in
portuguese)
RESEARCH REPORT MAP OF PROBLEMS SOCIAL AND
LABOUR BEHAVIOUR
PRODUCTS
PUBLICITY WEB SITE ARTICLES REPORTS NEWS
CLIPPING PUBLICATIONS MAGAZINE CD-ROMS
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Research references and methods
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REFERENCES AND INDICATORS

• Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights
  at Work (ILO)
• Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning
  Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (ILO)
• OECD Guidelines to Multinational Enterprises
• UN Global Compact
• Decent Work Concept
• Decent Work Country Programmes
• Four dimensions
• Fundamental Rights
• Employment
• Social Dialogue
• Social Protection

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REFERENCES AND INDICATORS

• Norms were adapted for the evaluation of
  COMPANIES
• We take into consideration the context, the laws,
  and the practices in Brazil
• We elaborated indicators for 9 rights/themes (2
  main blocks)
• Plus one complementary block regarding Corporate
  Social Responsibility policies

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INDICATORS

• Block 1Fundamental Rights
• Freedom of association and collective bargaining
• Non-discrimination
• Abolition of Forced Labour (supply chain)
• Abolition of Child Labour (supply chain)
• Block 2Work and Employment Conditions
• Job creation
• Decent wage
• Decent working hours
• Health and Safety at work
• Employment and social protection
• Complementary block Engagement, monitoring and
  transparency of the CSR policies

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INDICATORS

• Example Freedom of association and collective
  bargaining how to measure?
• Freedom of a worker to be unionized
• Unions representatives access to the company
• Respect to the right to strike
• Recognition of decisions aproved on assemblies
• Access to information about the company for
  effective negotiations
• Direct negotiations between company and unions

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INDICATORS

• Example Health and Safety at work how to
  measure?
• Participation of workers on the elaboration,
  aplication and monitoring of the mechanisms to
  improve working conditions
• Existence of clear information about the work
  environment and the risks to health and safety
• Programs on prevention and protection
• Number of accidents in the last years
• Medical centers conditions
• Proper treatment of injured or ill workers

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RESEARCH PROCEDURE

• Participatory Methodology
• Company
• Trade Union / Confederation
• Other representative groups
• Monitoring group
• Documents analysis
• Workers opinion survey
• Representative sample
• Stratified samples
• Closed questionnaire
• Applied by researchers (or self-applied)

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RESEARCH PROCEDURE

• Open interviews
• Managers
• Trade Union Leaders
• Members of CIPA (Internal Comission for
  Accidents Prevention)
• Others
• Focal group group interviews
• Report validation
• Trade Union
• Company
• Publication of the validated report
• Negotiation

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ThyssenKrupp Example
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• Controlled 17 companies and 40 locations in
  Brazil
• 2002
• DGB and IGMETTAL visited the Trade Union office
  and two plants
• Contacts with CNM (Brazilian Metalworkers
  Confederation) and CUT

Example ThyssenKrupp

• 2003
• Setting of the research project
• Social Observatory Europe Project Exchange and
  European campaigns (Germany/ DGB and Netherlands/
  FNV)
• Negotiation with company management

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Example ThyssenKrupp

• Research description
• Field research in two plants Foundry (Barra do
  Pirai/ RJ) and Elevators factory (Guaiba/ RS)
• Sample size 492 of 1.918 workers
• Numbers of managers interviewed 10 from areas
  like Health and Safety, Environment, Human
  Resources, Industrial Relations
• Numbers of trade union leaders 2 one from each
  city
• Group 6 researchers and 1 statistician
• Time from July 2002 to June 2003 five months
  of negotiation
• Main difficulty HR staff close monitoring of
  workers interviewed

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Example ThyssenKrupp

• Main conclusions
• Bad work environment conditions in the foundry
  plant
• Wages below the sectoral average
• Germany-Brazil exchange discussions about the
  report outcomes between trade unionists and
  management
• Report publication provokes impact and
  headquarters reaction
• Germany HQ management visits the plant
• Trade Unions in Brazil develop a Company network
  (7 unions)
• Company headquarters announces investments from
  7 million euros for improvement of the work
  conditions in the foundry factory

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