Right To Unite – Twitter Debate

We invite you to join in and share your ideas and questions in our Twitter debate on the Right to Unite, live at 2 pm (GMT+1) on 4 July 2012.

Participating in the discussion will be:

Eugène Litamahuputty Campaign Coordinator at CNV International @cnv_internat	Ainhoa Galán Contreras Manager Fairness Issues Analysis at Fairfood @fairfood	Ellis Koomson Research Officer at Ghana Federation of Labour @elliskoomson

Why the right to unite?

This right ensures that the workers are allowed to uphold values that will lead to establishing fair business models and sustainable practices, standards, and policies.

The lack thereof has a domino effect on a worker’s other rights. Without this Right, other rights could be seriously neglected. Hence companies need to be honest and open about how they are providing this right to their workers.

For our twitter debate, we have invited champions of this universal human right to shed light on the issues at hand.

Apart from our panellists, we invite everyone with questions, comments, ideas and opinions to participate. Just use the hashtag #R2Unite and you can join in on the debate.

The long and short of the debate

The debate will be structured in three segments around the following main questions:

What is the local situation of agricultural workers and labour unions?
For this segment of the debate Ellis Koomson of the Ghana Confederation of Labour, will elaborate on the situation in Ghana. This will also fit into a wider debate with a more global focus.

What are the obstacles to the Right to Unite?

How can this Right be safeguarded successfully?
What can citizens, consumers and organizations worldwide do to protect this right?

Your input on these topics is very welcome. We want to know your thoughts and would like to know what you believe are possible solutions.

How and when?

Date: Wednesday July 4, 2012
Time: 2pm-4pm GMT+1

By using #R2Unite in your tweets, all participants will be able to follow the debate. We (@Fairfood) will host the debate and will make sure all your questions are answered.

Don’t have a Twitter account? No problem, you can follow the discussion below.