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A step forward for workers’ rights
TONY BURKE welcomes news of a new suppy chain law that will strenthen the human rights due diligence obligations of German companies
Joerg Hofmann of the 2.5 million-strong IG Metall union
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GERMANY took a step nearer to protecting workers in supply chain companies when a new law on due diligence in supply chains had its first reading in the Bundestag, the German parliament, this week.
But unions said they are concerned that employers will attempt to block or dilute its proposals.
German unions have have been campaigning for a supply chain law to strengthen the human rights due diligence obligations of German companies.
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