Regulating Labor Relations in Global Production Networks: Insights on International Framework Agreements

Abstract: Unions are developing a strategy to bring to bear on the transnational regulation gap with regard to labor relations. One important tool they have devised for this task is the International Framework Agreement (IFA). However, IFA policy is highly corporate-oriented and may differ considerably from one Global Union Federation (GUF) to another and actual implementation has progressed slowly or not at all. A number of lessons can already be drawn from this.