{"id":25548,"date":"2024-10-10T13:05:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=25548"},"modified":"2024-10-11T12:32:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T10:32:01","slug":"uni-global-union-inditex-global-agreement-2024","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-global-union-inditex-global-agreement-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI Global Union and Inditex strengthen global agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0UNI Global Union and Inditex have renewed their global agreement, advancing the rights of more than 160,000 fashion and retail workers worldwide. Today\u2019s signing comes 15 years after the Spanish retail giant and the service workers\u2019 global union first reached an accord.<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition to restating commitments on fundamental rights such as freedom of association and collective bargaining, the new agreement makes progress in the following areas:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Fair digital transformation:<\/strong> As retailers introduce more digital tools to augment the shopping experience, the agreement has first-of-its-kind language on retail workers\u2019 right to be consulted regarding Inditex\u2019s use and implementation of these tools in accordance with national legislations and the tradition of social dialogue.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Fighting gender-based violence:<\/strong> The agreement deepens joint work to combat sexual harassment and gender violence in the workplace.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Workplace inclusion:<\/strong> Inditex and UNI are rolling out new measures focused on inclusion and retention of workers with functional diversity.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Franchises:<\/strong> The company has committed to ensuring its franchised operations comply with and respect labour rights. Franchising is now a dedicated special topic during UNI and Inditex\u2019s annual meetings to review the agreement\u2019s implementation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\u201cOur agreement is a much-needed response to pressing issues facing retail workers today including a post-pandemic spike in third-party violence as well as the effects of digitalization. We also see many countries in Europe adopting Human Rights and Due Diligence legislation, to that end we are pleased Inditex exercises its responsibilities in this agreement and will now include franchised operations as a topic of discussion with UNI Global Union,\u201d said <strong>Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Inditex\u2019s CEO \u00d3scar Garc\u00eda Maceiras<\/strong> said how \u201cthe commitment to the more than 160,000 people who populate our company and our efforts to have a positive impact on our communities are strategic priorities for Inditex,\u201d going on to underline that, \u201cconstantly improving the opportunities to engage with the unions is key to continuing to make progress on the common goal of ensuring workers\u2019 wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Since its inception in 2009, the UNI &#8211; Inditex global agreement has helped thousands of workers win pay increases, better working conditions and expand access to collective bargaining. For example, <strong>Stuart Appelbaum, President of the RWDSU in the United States and Global President of UNI\u2019s Commerce<\/strong> sector <a href=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/inditex-and-uni-global-union-celebrate-the-tenth-anniversary-of-their-global-agreement\/\">said<\/a> when the agreement turned ten:<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cNew York Zara workers saw the power of this global agreement first hand. They set a positive trend for workers in the industry across the United States \u2013 and they did so with a fair process that other companies should learn from and follow. The agreement has changed thousands of workers\u2019 lives, improving their jobs, their wages, and their benefits, but it has also changed the retail industry.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>The event was also attended by representatives from the main Spanish unions, including the general secretary of Servicios Comisiones Obreras, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez, and the general vice-secretary of FeSMC-UGT, Pedro Aller, as well as members of the Inditex European Works Council.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0UNI Global Union and Inditex have renewed their global agreement, advancing the rights of more than 160,000 fashion and retail workers worldwide. 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