An agreement was signed on 28 October 1997 by trade unions and the Italian toy-manufacturing multinational, Artsana, which provides for the respect of ILO conventions in the group's production plants abroad.
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An agreement was signed on 28 October 1997 by trade unions and the Italian toy-manufacturing multinational, Artsana, which provides for the respect of ILO conventions in the group's production plants abroad.
An innovative agreement was signed in Rome on 28 October 1997 by Italy's three main trade unions, Cgil, Cisl and Uil and the Italian-based multinational group, Artsana, which produces children's toys and goods under the trade name Chicco. Artsana has a large number of contract with suppliers in South-East Asia and China, which are countries where the basic rights of workers are often not guaranteed. Under the new agreement, Artsana will take action to ensure that International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on trade union and bargaining rights, equal pay for equal work for women and men and non-discrimination are respected in the companies which make its products in these countries. In particular, the main concern is to avoid any form of exploitation of under-age workers, and in those countries where there is no minimum employment age, a minimum age of 14 years must be applied. Furthermore, forced or prison labour cannot be used and health and safety standards must be certified.
Artsana will have to carry out positive measures to ensure that foreign supplier companies respect the ILO conventions. Monitoring and supervisory programmes have been drawn up which will be implemented by the supplier companies, in which union officials from outside the Artsana group will also participate. The heads of the supply companies will have to sign a declaration every year in which they declare their consent to respect the rules and regulations of the ILO conventions. Each supply contract drawn up by Artsana will state that failure to respect the code of conduct will be considered as reason enough to render the contract null and void.
Finally, Artsana and the trade union organisations express the hope that the social legislation of the countries in which the group operates will conform to the basic guidelines set by ILO.
Eurofound doporučuje citovat tuto publikaci následujícím způsobem.
Eurofound (1997), Italian multinational will apply ILO social clause, article.
