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UNI Global Union General Secretary Christy Hoffman makes the case in\u00a0Fortune<\/a><\/i>\u00a0that the International Labour Organization should clarify that U.S.-style union busting is a violation of its\u00a0core labor conventions which protect the freedom of association and the right to bargain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And as international standards are increasingly becoming part of the fabric of global governance, U.S. employers have moved away from lobbying their government against the ratification of ILO conventions, which would prohibit them from campaigning against unions. Instead, they seek to warp these standards to make the U.S. model a global one. Hoffman writes:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Today, employers have shifted their argument. They want not only to protect employer interference in the U.S. but also to normalize this as a global practice. Now, U.S. employers don\u2019t hesitate to sign on to global principles such as those of the UN Global Compact, which obligate them to respect international rules. However, the employers argue that their union-busting practices are consistent with the ILO standards because \u201cfree speech\u201d overrides \u201cnon-interference,\u201d employees\u2019 right to choose or not to have a union without pressure one way or the other from an employer.\u00a0By doing so, corporations claim to have an internationally sanctioned right to harangue their employees almost without limit\u2013and even to lie to them about the \u201cdangers\u201d of unions.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Hoffman\u2019s call for action comes after a group of U.S. unions \u2013 the AFL-CIO, SEIU and Workers United \u2013\u00a0filed a complaint<\/a>\u00a0arguing that U.S. labour law does not protect workers\u2019 rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining. Citing several unlawful, anti-union actions at Starbucks, the complaint requests an “on-the-spot mission” to interview that company\u2019s management, workers, union staffers and government officials.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

She says that the ILO\u2019s recognition\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>these violations would not change U.S. law, but it would \u201csend a message to companies that they can\u2019t hide behind the United Nations and the ILO to justify their union-busting tactics.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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UNI Global Union General Secretary Christy Hoffman makes the case in\u00a0Fortune\u00a0that the International Labour Organization should clarify that U.S.-style union busting is a violation of its\u00a0core labor conventions which protect the freedom of association and the right to bargain.\u00a0 And as international standards are increasingly becoming part of the fabric of global governance, U.S. employers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":10493,"template":"","categories":[41],"global-issues":[],"sectors":[],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"regions":[],"topics":[55],"class_list":["post-10490","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","topics-multinationals"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHoffman: The ILO must recognize US-style union busting as fundamental rights violation\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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