Bücher von Kweku Rockson

This book examines the two International Framework Agreements (IFAs 2002, 2009) of AngloGold Ashanti in Ghana, a subsidiary of the global mining giant, AngloGold Ashanti (AGA). AGA is the sole mining company in Africa to have signed an IFA. These agreements have become institutionalized as innovative and necessary instruments for global governance and business globalization. The study investigates the effectiveness of such agreements, focusing on the awareness, knowledge, understanding, their relevance and functionality. The research was conducted within the theoretical framework of sociology of law, which posits that such agreements should produce specific effects and shape social behavior in a predetermined and socially appropriate manner. The results revealed a lack of awareness and knowledge regarding IFAs, leading to a lack of appreciation for them. More importantly, these agreements were found to be non-functional. This highlights the need for local and national unions to receive support from their global counterparts in addressing the challenges of international labor standards. Advancements in this area will enhance the relevance and functionality of IFAs in Africa.

No book on Industrial Relations (IR) specifically on union-employer relations in multinationals, has come from Africa. This book on AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Ghana deals with their Unions; Management Practices and the International Framework Agreement (IFA). It offers a pioneering insight into the existence of an IFA within the hitherto touted only mining signatory to an IFA in Africa. This book shows that there is no functioning IFA at AGA. Also, apart from the CSR projects, there is no awareness of IFAs; AGA as an IFA signatory; AGA¿s management practices and Union activity. Whatever ¿meaning¿ there is, has been socially constructed by AGA through the local media. The Ghana Unions are of the ¿pluralist¿ tradition, within a ¿neo-institutionalist¿ type of worker representation as opposed to their radical South African counterparts. The Ghana Unions need to reconstruct the AGA determined ¿meanings¿ with the help of sister Unions, and also counter AGA¿s IR practices like outsourcing, discrimination in remuneration and poor governance practices. This book should offer useful African IR and Unions insights to global Labour, HR and PR, scholars, practitioners and students.