Think Global, Act Local - Jackson Lewis

THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCALJackson Lewis LLPglobal business community pressures;U.N. Guiding Principles “stamp of approval (or disapproval)”;legal compliance with “US International Labor Relations Act”;human rights record; andglobal organizing campaigns.How individual companies develop policies and practices designed to meet philosophical andoperational goals will depend, in part, on how they assess their own risks and rewards. What iscertain is that the global community of businesses and enterprises will become even moreinterconnected and interdependent in the foreseeable future. Those that achieve a workablebalance between domestic and global labor relations not only have the best chance to surviveand thrive, but also will be in the best position to lead the way.* * *1 Steve Charnovitz, The US International Labor Relations Act, 26 A.B.A. J. OF LABOR & EMP. LAW 311, 312 (2011).2 Id. at 317 (citing ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, June 18, 1998, 37 I.L.M. 1233).3 Id. at 318-20.4 Press Release, United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner, New Guiding Principles on Business and HumanRights endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council (June 16, 2011), available athttp://ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=11164&LangID=E.5 Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Guiding Principles on Business and HumanRights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, U.N. Doc.A/HRC/17/31 4 (Mar. 21, 2011), available at www.ohchr.org/documents/issues/business/A.HRC.17.31.pdf.6 Id.7 Press release, supra note 4.8 Guiding Principles, supra note 5, at p. 13 (emphasis added).9 Id. at p. 15.10 Id. at p. 16.11 Id.12 Id.13 Press Release, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, UFCW Launches Campaign In Britain Against “The TwoFaces of Tesco” (June 4, 2008), available at http://www.ufcw.org/press_room/index.cfm?pressReleaseID=390.P A G E | 8