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lUR □ EDITORIAL Editorial: Global Framework Agreements FlorAgreements a selection ourfocus of (GFAs): this articles month, their on IUR Global implementation, brings Framework together a selection ofarticles on GlobalFramework Agreements (GFAs): theirimplementation, design, development andpotential. Theseinclude somecase studies, witharticles from representativesoffourdifferent globalunionfederations ICEM ,UNI,BWIand PSI - introducing us to key agreements, howthey werenegotiated andimportant lessonsforthefuture. Alongside theseexperiences , we include several contributions that providea broader analysis ofGFAs, their potential and limitations andhowthey articulate withindustrial relations andquestions ofCSR. We beginwithan article byICEM'sDick Blin that provides anoverview ofGFAs, their evolution and someexamplesofICEM'sworkinthisarea. The author makesa case forGFAstobe seen as a starting pointforan ongoing activerelationship between companies andunions, andnotas anend in themselves. A detailedcase studyoftheGFA betweenUNIGlobalUnion,theGMBandG4Sis providedby Christy Hoffman, DeputyGeneral Secretary ofUNIGlobalUnion. Hoffman charts the evolution ofthecampaign overseveral yearsand across four continents, andhighlights, among other impacts oftheagreement, theimportant outcomes ithadfor organising workers. Jim Baker, CoordinatoroftheCouncilofGlobalUnions ,offers an excellent analysisofGFAsin thecontext ofthe RuggieProcessand CSR(thefocusofan earlier edition ofIUR,17.2).Bakerexplores theimplications ofGFAsinterms ofindustrial relations, nationallawandtheir potential asthey develop toinclude languagespecifying compliance bysubcontracted firms and a preference for'secure'employment over'precarious' contracts, andalsotouches upon theimportant roletheyplayinorganising strategies .ICTURVice-President KeithEwingpicksup onthequestion ofthelegalstatus ofGFAs, taking theUK and US intoconsideration and exploring questions around theenforceability ofagreements inthenational context. Dimitris Stevis andMichael Fichter introduce further interpretations on these questions, focusing onthestrategic roleGFAs could havenotjustinregulating capital, butalsoinshapingglobalunionism andglobalsocialdialogue. An interesting case studyofPSI's relationship and involvement inGFAsispresented byJ.Buxbaum, PSI's PublicAdministration and MNECo-ordinator .The author provides an accountofthechallenges encountered bypublic sector unions inmovingfrom a stance ofresistance against privatisation, to negotiation withprivate enterprises providing what were once public services.Finally,Bob Ramsay offers an accountoftheBWI'sagreement with IKEAandthechallenges facedbytheunions toensurecompliance. Thescope ofthisedition isnotlimited toGFAs alone,however, andwearevery pleasedtoinclude articles on otherimportant recent developments forinternational unionrights. Canadianlabour lawyer VeemaVerma givesherassessment ofthe Ontario v Fraser decisioninCanadaanditsimplications for thecollective bargaining rights ofagricultural workers. DavidBaconwrites aboutrecent proposals for labourlawreform inMexico, with a vividaccountofhowunionsandother organisationsare responding to thechallenges facedby thestate's anti-labour legislation. Finally, weinclude a short piecebythePakistan Workers' Federation thatalertsus to changesto labourlegislation in Pakistan andthethreat tofreedom ofassociation. Finally, IURis grateful fortheeditorial collaboration ofDickBlin, ICEM's HeadofCommunications andCampaigns, whoassisted intheplanning and commissioning ofthisedition.IUR extendsits thanks alsotoallthecontributors for sharing their expertise withourreaders. Acting Editor Elizabeth Molinari INTERNATIONAL union rights Page 2Volume 18Issue 2201 1 Next issue of IUR Articles between 850and1,900words should besentbyemail (mail@ictur.org) andaccompanied bya photograph andshort biographical note oftheauthor. Photographs illustrating thetheme ofarticles arealways welcome. Allitems must bewith usby30August 2011 if they are tobeconsidered for publication inthenext issueofIUR. Subscribe toAW; tosubscribe, complete theboxbelow. I/we would like tosubscribe toInternational Union Rights andenclose£20/US$30/€25. Name/Organisation Address PostCode Four issues£20/US$30/€25. Cheques should bemadepayable to"IUR" andsentto:ICTUR, 177Abbeville Road, London SW49RL, UK ...
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.008 | 0.032 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.004 | 0.003 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.004 | 0.005 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.015 | 0.009 |
| Open science | 0.003 | 0.004 |
| Research integrity | 0.018 | 0.017 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.049 | 0.024 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".