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International framework agreements in the context of global production – Hammer Second, multi-stakeholder standards can be interesting instruments, particularly in the context of buyer-driven value chains, in so far as their increasing emphasis on process standards (Nadvi and Wältring, 2004) could bridge the gap between the sphere of production and that of consumption. Furthermore, the development, implementation and monitoring of multi-stakeholder standards also require alliances with actors outside the workplace. Such alliances are not always straightforward or without problems; however, there might be some overlap with more networked and community-based forms of trade unionism that were advocated by Wills (2002b; see also Hale and Wills, 2005). A third line of dealing with the shifts in global production structures is to refocus the emphasis from enterprise-level and sectoral approach to one that centres on the cross-sectoral dimension of global value chains. The differentiation of scale, sector and space points to the dimensions and challenges of globally dispersed production for social dialogue and the labour movement. A central implication of the global organization of production lies in the strategic role of logistics and supply chain management as well as the employees in these areas. The articulation of trade union strategies along global value chains probably has to be seen as a minimum, whereas more substantive advances might be gained from a cross-sectoral approach which also integrates workers in the transport and logistics areas. Such initiatives, at the same time, need not be restricted to coalitions for the duration of particular campaigns. Bonacich (2003) for example, has put forward the suggestion of global supply chain councils, similar to world works councils (see also Fichter and Sydow, 2002 for strategies oriented at global value chains). Such an articulation of scale, sector and space will be even more challenging when current observations of a shift towards buyer-driven arrangements in value chains continue; and it remains to be seen whether regional, or indeed global, networks can establish meaningful forms of cooperation and solidarities. References Ales, E. et al. 2006. “Transnational collective bargaining: Past, present and future”. Final report to the European Commission, Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Brussels. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/ employment_social/labour_law/docs/transnational_agreements_ales_study_en.p df [20 Jan. 2008] 107
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