Co-Determination For Justice In International Supply Chains | LABOR.A® 2025

zuletzt aktualisiert: 15. December 2025

From the conference guide of LABOR.A® 2025:

Germany's and Europe's supply chain laws (LkSG & CSDDD) are intended to strengthen human rights in global supply chains – but what do they actually deliver in practice? Together with UNI Global Union, the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), and the U.S. union United Auto Workers (UAW), we will explore this question through a current case: UAW has filed a complaint with Germany’s Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) against Mercedes-Benz, accusing the company of attacks on freedom of association. The focus will be on experiences from this procedure – and the broader question of where regulation creates new power resources for co-determination, and where it falls short. An international union session – concrete, controversial, interactive.

Speakers: Miriam-Lena Horn (German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)), Darius D. Sivin., PhD (United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)), Kelly Fay Rodriguez (Director of the Human Rights Due Diligence Competence Center)

Moderation: Georg Weininger (German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ))

Partners: German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Uni Global Union