Company
FCC Construccion
Date of signature
03 February 2012
Signatories
FCC Construccion, BWI, ECOMA-CCOCO, MCA-UGT
Key objectives
This agreement ist set down to protect employees’ rights in related companies and subcontractors across the globe.
Duration
Indefinite, with a 3 month notice of termination
Applicable law
Implementation and dissemination
Implementation
« FCC Construcción, S.A. and the BWI shall work together to verify the effective application by all FCC Construcción, S.A. activities and undertakings of the following requirements, which must be applied at all times in accordance with the provisions in each case of the benchmark national legislation and without any deviation from, or contradiction with, same. »
« Both parties recognize that effective local monitoring of this agreement must involve the local management, the workers and their representatives, health and safety representatives and local trade unions. To enable local and national union representatives of BWI affiliated unions to play a role in the monitoring process, the company assures that they will be given appropriate access to the workers and the necessary rights to information. »
Review and monitoring
Monitoring
« A review board will be instated, consisting of representatives of FCC Construcción, S.A. management, BWI, FECOMA-CCOO and MCA-UGT, which will meet at least once per year to monitor implementation of this agreement, the company will offer the necessary support for the meeting.
Dispute settlement and sanctions
Litigations
« Any dispute about the interpretation or fulfilment of this agreement will be considered jointly .
« In the event of any complaint or breach of the agreement, the following procedure shall normally be applied: a) First, the complaint will be dealt with by the local management of the workplace.
b) Any infringement that cannot be resolved through discussions in the workplace, will be discussed with the BWI coordinator in close collaboration with the BWI members in the country of origin and will be submitted to the responsible manager.
c) If the issue is not resolved, the consultation group will discuss this matter with the goal of providing recommendations to the involved parties aimed at resolving the dispute.»
Related texts
Main topic
Fundamental social rights
Secondary topic(s)
Freedom of association, collective bargaining, forced labour, discrimination, child labour, living wages, welfare, health & safety, training, work relationships