IUF files complaint against Unilever
11 10 2006
The IUF* has filed a complaint at the Dutch and UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines against the Anglo-Dutch TNC Unilever for labour rights violations in India.
The complaint states that Hindustan Lever has
repeatedly violated the letter and the spirit of Chapter IV of the Guidelines
which sets out norms and standards defining employers' general obligation to
engage in good faith collective bargaining with trade unions.
Hindustan Lever Ltd. has further committed illegal acts by attempting to
transfer ownership of the Bombay
factory solely in order to escape its obligations as an employer. The transfer
of ownership was accomplished with the sole intent of closing the facility and
terminating union members' employment.
*International Union of Food, Agricultural,
Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations
