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In a statement issued on 10 January, the global union federation IndustriAll Global expressed outrage at the LafargeHolcim’s decision not to sign the global agreement. The deal was struck following negotiations with three global trade union organisations, with the date of signing at the International Labour Organization’s headquarters scheduled for 10 January 2018. On 22 December 2017, the Swiss building materials company informed the union groups that it would not be signing the agreement. According to IndustriAll Global, the company “gave no reason for its radical reversal from the commitment to sign a global framework agreement, which was announced and approved by the Annual shareholders meeting in 2017. LafargeHolcim simply cites the change of its business strategy with the arrival of a new CEO, who claims its current internal arrangements meet the requirements of the company without any need to make further additions”. Since the merger of Lafarge and Holcim, global and national trade unions have been campaigning for the combined group to strike a global agreement to foster social dialogue and increase workplace safety which, they say, is a major black mark against the group. Lafarge had a global agreement in place from 2005.
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