Accountability and Remedy in Global Supply Chains: Considerations for Workers and Unions

Global Labour Rights Reporter | Volume 1, Issue 2

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For the second issue of the Global Labour Rights Reporter, the Editorial Board has chosen the theme of “Accountability and Remedy in Global Supply Chains: Considerations for Workers and Unions”. Over the last several decades, a global system to produce goods and services has been built—by design—to push as much economic risk as possible down the supply chain (and in particular onto workers) and to pull up most of the economic benefits. At the same time, the legal rights and interests of MNEs tend to be well protected in courts and arbitral tribunals while workers have few effective means to hold these MNEs accountable for the harms their actions cause. The global pandemic has only exacerbated these pre-existing dynamics.

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EDITOR’S NOTE
THE ELUSIVE QUEST FOR WORKER JUSTICE
JEFFREY VOGT

INTERVIEWS & ESSAYS
MURDER BY NUMBERS: SEEKING JUSTICE FOR VALE’S VICTIMS FROM BRUMADINHO TO MUNICH
A CONVERSATION WITH MAXIMILIANO GARCEZ AND RUEDIGER HELM

BARGAINING UP THE SUPPLY CHAIN: LESSONS FROM A CROSS-SECTORAL STUDY
JEREMY BLASI, JENNIFER BAIR & JEFFREY VOGT

AGAINST ALL ODDS – OPTIONS FOR WORKERS’ TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION AGAINST RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS
MIRIAM SAAGE-MAAß

RECENT TRENDS IN TRANSNATIONAL REGULATION OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS
MARGARITA BARAÑANO & ANTONIO BAYLOS

SCOPING THE FRAMEWORK OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY IN SUPPLY CHAINS: FROM SOFT LAW ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HARD LAW ON LABOUR ISSUES
ALEJANDRO GARCÍA ESTEBAN

A COMMENTARY ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND: HOLDING UK FIRMS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WORKER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ABROAD
A CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD MEERAN

THE IMPACT OF A NEW FRAMEWORK OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND RIGHTS AT WORK ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS
MARTA PUJADAS & MÓNICA TEPFER

THE MULTIPLE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION FOR UNION ACTION: THE CASE OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS
GUILLERMO E. PÉREZ CRESPO

CASE SUMMARY
NESTLE & CARGILL V. DOE
MONIKA MEHTA & JEFFREY VOGT