In the last two decades multinational companies (MNCs) and global union federations (GUFs)
have started to negotiate so-called global framework agreements (GFAs) which define minimum
standards for labor conditions across their locations. This book focuses on the question why
companies conclude GFAs and identifies four groups of incentives: reduction and privatization
of conflicts public relations promotion of equal competitive conditions exogenous
requirements and avoidance of public regulation. Based on an in-depth analysis of incentives
considered to play a dominant role in the decision of companies to conclude GFAs the book
attempts to predict under which conditions GFAs can be expected to proliferate in the future.
