ICFTU
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

155 Boulevard Emile-Jacqmain
B-1210 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +32-2-224-0211
Fax: +32-2-201-5815
Email: icftu@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Web site: http://www.icftu.org/

The ICFTU is a confederation of national union federations from different countries. The ICFTU promotes trade union positions on TNCs in international policy-making bodies such as the ILO and OECD.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE SECRETARIATS: The ITSs group trade unions from different countries which organise workers in the same industry or sector. Many ITSs provide an information service about TNCs in their sectors to their affiliated unions and help to mobilise international union campaigns to tackle TNCs.

Tel: +32-2-224-0611
Fax: +32-2-224-0606
Web site: http://www.ei-ie.org

Avenue de Balexert 15
CH-1219 Ghatelaine-Geneva
Switzerland

Tel: +41-22-979-0311
Fax: +41-22-796-5321
Web site: http://www.fiet.org/

Avenue Emile de Beco 109
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +32-2-626-2020
Fax: +32-2-648-4316
Email: icem@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Web site: http://www.icem.org/

P.O. Box 1897
CH-1215 Geneva 15 Airport
Switzerland

Tel: +41-22-788-0888
Fax: +41-22-788-0716
Email: ifbww@geo2.poptel.org.uk

155 Boulevard Emile-Jacqmain
B-1210 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +32-2-223-2265
Fax: +32-2-219-2976
Email: ifj@pophost.eunet.be
Web site: http://www.ifj.org/

Rue des Fripiers 17
Galerie du Centre, Bloc 2
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +32-2-223-0220
Fax: +32-2-223-1814
Email: 100723.405@compuserve.com

54 bis, Route des Acacias
CH-1227 Geneva
Switzerland

Tel: +41-22-343-6150
Fax: +41-22-343-1510
Email: imf@iprolink.ch

49/60 Borough Road
London SE1 1DS
UK

Tel: +44-171-403-2733
Fax: +44-171-357-7871
Email: info@itf.org.uk
Web site: http://www.itf.org.uk/

Rue Joseph Stevens 8
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +32-2-512-2606
Fax: +32-2-512-2833
Email: 101320.3046@compuserve.com

Rampe du Pont Rouge 8
CH-1213 Petit-Lancy (Geneva)
Switzerland

Tel: +44-22-793-2233
Fax: +44-22-793-2238
Email: iuf@iuf.org; http://www.iuf.org/

38 Avenue du Lignon
CH-1219 Le Lignon (Geneva)
Switzerland

Tel: +44-22-796-8311
Fax: +44-22-796-3975

45 Avenue Voltaire
01211 Ferney-Voltaire
France

Tel: +33-50-406161
Fax: +33-50-407320
Email: psi@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Web site: http://www.world-psi.org/

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8B 444-446 Nathan Road
Hong Kong

Tel: +852-332-1346
Fax: +852-385-5319
E-mail: amrc@hk.super.net

Apo Leung - Director

AMRC does not undertake research on individual companies, but gathers information on distribution trends, industrial relations, enviromental issues and general industry trends in Asia. 

Email: boycottguy@aol.com

Zachary Lyons - Editor/Publisher

A magazine focussing on consumer boycotts worldwide, including information on boycotted companies and the campaigns directed at them; features on economic democracy e.g. cooperatives, local currencies, etc. Quarterly, in English. 

Tel: +1-703-237-2249
Email: cchw@essential.org

John Gayusky - Researcher

Researches companies in the waste and oil-chemical industry in the USA and Canada; gathers reports and news from local community groups affected by these corporations; compiles corporate profiles; works closely with grassroots enviromental justice groups. 

Tel: +31-20-679-6325
Fax: +31-20-676-1773
Email: ccc@xs4all.nl

Ester de Haan

Focuses on the international garment trade; CCC puts pressure on the retail stores and garment manufacturers to improve the working conditions of clothing workers at all stages in the production chain: factories, sweatshops and homeworkers. It has produced a Fair Trade Charter based on ILO standards. Web site: http://www.xs4all.nl/~/ccc

Tel: +1-508-487-3151

Richard Grossman

Coalition of community, union, shareholder and survivor groups; focus on petrochemical industry, including Union Carbide/Bhopal disaster 

Tel: +1-212-979-8320
Fax: +1-212-979-1221

Ray Rogers - Director

Profiles of corporations, public & private, in all sectors; including information on directors and the company’s corporate/financial/political connections, points of vulnerability. For trade unions, environmental campaigns, etc., to develop strategies to make companies accountable and promote social justice.  Fees depend on the nature of the research.

Tel: +1-212-420-1133
Fax: +1-212-420-0988

Deborah Leipziger - Director TNCs Project

Social responsibility of corporations, especially in weapons manufacture, employment of women/minorities; joint project with New Consumer (UK) on TNCs and policy/ practice in developing countries 

Tel: +1-416-699-4189
Fax: +1-416-699-4189
Email: cpoint@web.apc.org

Aida Morris - Librarian

A resource centre for global analysis/education; information for NGOs, researchers, educators, unions, activists, etc. including corporate activities especially in developing countries; treatment of employees, respect for human rights, environmental issues. 

Tel: +49-221-599-5647
Fax: +49-221-599-1024

Henry Mathews

A group which monitors the activities of German corporations by owning shares in order to raise critical issues; companies include Siemens, Bayer, Thyssen AG, Daimler-Benz, BASF, BMW, Hoechst, Lufthansa, Volkswagen and more. 

Tel: +1-510-835-4692
Fax: +1-510-835-3017
Email: datacenter@igc.apc.org

Fred Goff - Executive Director

Researches all industry sectors, public and private, US and abroad; ownership, profitability, production and distribution trends, industrial relations, bargaining agreements, environmental issues; large resources of publications, databases, and labour/environmental/Left information sources for NGOs, labour, environmental and community activists, etc.

Tel: +44-1258-473476
Fax: +44-1258-473748
Email: ecologist@gn.apc.org

A magazine which includes a focus on the ecological impact of TNCs on humans and the environment: energy industries, waste management, biotechnology, etc.

11 Burnham Wood
Fareham
Hants PO16 TUD
UK

Tel: +44-329-239390
Fax: +44-329-238711

Rev. C.M. White - Coordinator

Associated with the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland; concerned with the corporate responsibility of British-based TNCs in all sectors worldwide, e.g. ICI. With ICCR and TCCR has produced ‘Principles for Global Corporate Responsibility’.

504 Bondway Business Centre
71 Bondway
London SW8 1SQ
UK

Tel: +44-71-735-1351
Fax: +44-71-735-5323

Peter Webster - Executive Director

Researches policy and practice of TNCs based in UK/Europe and North America, on e.g. gambling, tobacco, environmental record, trade union recognition and equal opportunities (UK); for 'ethical investors' such as charity funds, pension funds, and concerned individuals.

Tel: +1-416-783-6776
Fax: +1-416-783-7386

David Nithin - President

Researches companies in all sectors in Canada; including ownership, production and distribution trends, industrial relations, ethical performance, staff policies; for trade unions, business, industry associations. 

Tel: +44-161-226-2929
Fax: +44-161226-6277
Email: ethicon@mcr1.poptel.org.uk

Rob Harrison - Corporate Critic

A magazine focussing on the policies and practices of individual TNCs, to encourage consumers to choose to buy only from TNCs which do not exploit human and natural resources.

Tel: +49-30-792-4500
Fax: +49-30-793-1554

Michael Wortmann - Researcher

Researches TNCs from Germany/Europe and worldwide in most sectors; ownership, profitability, production trends, international trends, industrial relations (especially European Works Councils); reports on many sectors/corporations; mostly in German, with some English.

Tel: +31-20-671-0002
Email: fwrc@antenna.nl

Paul Elshof

Corporate research into food and agri-business corporations. 

Tel: +1-607-797-6911
Email: lee19@delphi.com

Lee Conrad

Organises workers in the anti-union electronics giant IBM; publishes a newsletter 'Resistor'. 

International Labour Org
4 route des Morillons
CH-1211 Geneva 22
Switzerland

Web site: http://www.ilo.org/

Monitors the implementation of the ILO's Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, and other related ILO Conventions and Recommendations; reports to standing Sub-Committee of ILO Governing Body; research/publications on general issues/industrial sectors.

Tel: +1-617-742-4583
Fax: +1-617-367-0191
Email: AI0301.scaronet@ksinet.com

Kathy Mulvey - Research Director

Focuses on tobacco TNCs; previously nuclear weapons and military; also Nestle baby milk campaign; issues such as marketing abuses and corporate influence over public policy; mostly US/European TNCs; INFACT provides support for campaiging through consumer pressure; publishes 'INFACT Update'.

475 Riverside Drive, Room 566
New York
NY 10115
USA

Tel: +1-212-870-2293

Timothy Smith - Executive Director

Coordinates action by investors e.g. religious bodies and pension funds to challenge corporate abuses in the environment, weapons production, toxic wastes trade, tobacco, employment practices in Northern Ireland and South Africa, foreign debt, pharmaceutical pricing, corporate democracy; publishes 'The Corporate Examiner’.

P. O. Box 1213
Woodstock 7925
South Africa

Tel: +27-21-476375
Fax: +27-21-448-2282

Email: ilrig@wn.apc.org

Support for trade union and community-based organisations in research and education on TNCs; particularly South African TNCs and their operations abroad; focus on information to strengthen workers' bargaining position; publisher of the education pack 'Making Sense of Multinationals'.

Suite 600
1755 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036
USA

Tel: +1-202-234-7500
Fax: +1-202-332-8570

Alison Cooper - Corporate Research Manager

Monitored the activities of US and other TNCs over sanctions against apartheid in South Africa; continues to monitor investment in South Africa.

P.O. Box 73866
Washington, D.C. 2009
USA

Tel: +1-202-234-2847
Fax: +1-800-861-9611 or +1-202-462-4507

Email: itis@igc.apc.org

Monitors and exposes the real impacts of world trade. ITIS also promotes environmentally-sound and socially-just trade alternatives. It provides trade data and undertakes contracted research, for example on the destructive trade activiteis of TNCs. Occassionally ITIS publishes reports called ‘Real Trade Profiles".

78 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 8HF
UK

Tel: +44-71-928-3649
Fax: +44-71-928-0621
Email: lrd@geo2.poptel.org.uk

Dave Statham - Researcher

Research on the British operations of TNCs, in all sectors; ownership, profitability, production trends, industry trends industrial relations, bargaining, wages, equality issues, environmental issues; survey of directors' pay; LRD largely services its affiliates from the British trade unions; 'FACT Service', 'Labour Research', 'Using Company Accounts'.

P.O. Box 376
Woodstock 7925
South Africa

Tel: +27-21-471677
Fax: +27-21-479244
Email: lrs@aztec.org.za

Corporate profiles of the South African operations of companies, largely for South African trade unions. 

Tel: +91-22-261-2185
Fax: +91-22-262-2388
Email: mki@inbb.gn.apc.org

Corporate research for Indian trade unions on public and private companies in India; focussing largely on industrial relations, bargaining agreements, wages and other terms & conditions of work, and general industry trends. 

Tel: +1-416-861-0403
Fax: +1-416-861-0183

Michael Jantzi - President

Corporate profiles of Canadian companies, at home & abroad. Ownership, profitability, production/distribution trends, industrial relations, bargaining agreements, environmental issues. Social/environmental profiles of 300 Canadian corporations on Toronto Stock Exchange: C$25 each. Other research fees on request.

Tel: +1-312-278-5418
Fax: +1-312-278-5918
Email: rginsburg@igc.apc.org

Robert Ginsburg - Research Director

Research for US unions/community organisations on US operations of TNCs in manufacturing sector; ownership, profitability, production trends, industrial relations, bargaining agreements, wages, etc.; aimed at combatting plant shut-downs, union concessions/give-backs; 'MCLR Newsletter', 'Labor Research Review'.

Tel: +44-71-609-1852
Fax: +44-71-700-6189
Email: minewatch@gn.apc.org

Andy Whitmore - Co-ordinator

Worldwide research into mining corporations, their impact on the land rights of indigenous people, the land, mineworkers, etc.; ownership, profitability, production trends, industrial relations; a global network of supporters/groups contributed information to 'The Gulliver File: Mines, People and Land: a Global Battlefield', 1992, 834 pages + index.

Tel: +1-202-387-8030
Fax: +1-202-234-5176
Email: mdc@essential.org

Marcia Carroll - Director

Research for activists, journalists, academics, consumer groups, environmentalists, worldwide, on TNCs in all sectors across the world; ownership, production trends, bargaining agreements, wages, environmental issues, consumer issues; corporate crimes. Associated with the monthly magazine 'Multinational Monitor' and the Internet Web site: http://www.essential.org/monitor/

Tel: +44-91-272-1148
Fax: +44-91-272-1615

Mandy Jetter - New Consumer

Focuses on some of the largest TNCs, looking at 'better practice' initiatives in developing countries in a joint project with CEP (USA); e.g. Alcan in Jamaica, Asea Brown Boveri in India, BAT in Brazil, BOC, Ciba-Geigy, Hoechst, Levi Strauss, Reebok, Merck in Costa Rica, Unilever in India Also monitoring social/environmental impact of UK-based TNCs.

P. O. Box 5250
Tokyo International P.O.
Japan

Tel: +81-3-3291-5901
Fax: +81-3-3292-2437
Email: parc@twics.com

General research on multinational corporations, especially environmental impact; in Japanese and English. 

Tel: +81-427-22-4054
Fax: +81-427-22-0360

Sakuma Shinichi - General Secretary

Does not research companies; an action network building support campaigns for workers in Japanese TNCs, especially in other Asian countries; gathers newspaper articles on Japanese corporations. Publishes 'Japan TNC News'. 

Eurolink Centre
49 Effra Road
London SW2 1BZ
UK

Tel: +44-171-274-8895
Fax: +44-171-274-9084
Email: pesttrust@gn.apc.org

Barbara Dinham

Pesticides Action Network is a global network campaigning, lobbying, researching on dangerous pesticides, the chemical corporations which produce them, and the impact on rural workers who use them and on the land. Pesticides Trust is the UK partner of the PAN network.

Pesticides Action Network - Asia/Pacific
P. O. Box 1170
10850 Penang
Malaysia

Tel: +60-4-657-0271 or 656-0381
Fax: +60-4-657-7445
Email: panap@geo2.poptel.org.uk

Sarojeni V. Rengam - Executive Director

PAN - Asia/Pacific investigates and campaigns on the effects of pesticide use in the Asia/Pacific region, publicising the activities of chemical corporations in the region and the toxic effects on workers, communities and the land. PAN-AP also works on women in agriculture and on sustainable agricultural issues.

Pesticides Action Network - Germany
Nernstweg 32
D-22765 Hamburg
Germany

Tel: +49-40-393978
Fax: +49-40-390-7520
Email: pan-germany@umwelt.ecolink.org

Carina Weber - Executive Director

PAN-Germany researches German corporations which produce and distribute pesticides. 

Tel: +1-201-768-8120
Fax: +1-201-768-5812

Jeff Ballinger

This campaigning organisation focuses on the worldwide activities of the sportswear giant Nike.

Tel: +91-11-243-2054
Fax: +91-11-222-4233

Kavaljit Singh - Coordinator

Researches TNCs, particularly Indian companies, in food, agriculture and consumer industries; ownership, profits, industrial relations, wages, environmental issues, general industry trends; for labour groups & research bodies in India; published the handbook Activists Guide on TNCs and India. 

Tel: +44-171-388-2366
Fax: +44-171-388-3646
Email: pspru@geo2.poptel.org.uk

Margie Jaffe - Research Officer

A trade union research body which monitors private companies involved in privatisation and public service contracts (e.g. health, water, energy, refuse collection/cleaning, prisons) in Europe, especially UK. PSPRU database has information on hundreds of companies. For affiliated UK unions and unions abroad. Publishes 'Privatisation News'.

Tel: +46-8-642-8677
Fax: +46-8-640-1187

Andreas Tegen - Research Director

Specialises in TNCs in mining, refining, metals and minerals, globally. 'Raw Materials Data' is their database of 8000 companies; focuses on corporate control, transnational operations, profitability, production/distribution trends, industry trends; but not on labour or environmental issues. Publishes 'Who Owns Who in Mining' and 'Raw Materials Data'.

Keizersgracht 132
1015 CW Amsterdam
Netherlands

Tel: +31-20-639-1291
Fax: +31-20-639-1321
Email: somo@antenna.nl

Contact: The Coordinator

Research/documentation on 600 TNCs worldwide, especially in agriculture, transport, printing/graphical, construction, clothing, retail trade; ownership, profitability, industrial relations, European co-determination, environment, women workers, sub-contracting; mostly in Dutch with English summaries/translation; for unions/consumer/women's groups

Tel: +44-171-636-4030
Fax: +44-171-636-0632
Email: tuc-nick.clark@geo2.poptel.org.uk

Nick Clark - Project Officer

Corporate research for TUC affiliated unions and European industry committees, on UK operations of European companies and subsidiaries; ownership, trade union presence, employment trends, industry sector trends; research service limited to trade unions.

129 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto
Ontario M4V 1N5
Canada

Tel: +1-416-923-1758
Fax: +1-416-927-7554
Email: tccr@web.apc.org

Daniel Gennarelli - Coordinator

Focuses on Canadian corporations, especially banks, military resource industries e.g. mining and forestry logging companies; monitoring social/environmental impact, human rights, corporate accountability; on behalf of Canadian churches and subscribers; Annual Report, bi-monthly mailing and pamphlets. 

Tel: +60-4-366159
Fax: +60-4-364505
Email: twn@igc.apc.org

Martin Khor - Director

Research/publication on policy issues e.g. TNCs & world trade, debt, environmental impact. TWN does not do corporate research on individual companies.  Publishes ‘Third World Resurgence’.

Tel: +81-3-5295-0527
Fax: +81-3-5295-0548

Kaibara Naotake - General Secretary

A trade union related body concerned with the activities of Japanese corporations overseas; joint activities with unions in Asia on labour rights, and more recently it is building contact with unions in USA and Europe. 

Private Bag X10
Dalbridge 4014
South Africa

Tel: +27-31-260-2438
Fax: +27-31-260-1423
Email: turp@turp.mtb.und.al.za

Alfred Mafuleka - Researcher

Research for trade unions on South African operations of companies in retail trade, chemicals, textiles, food, foot- wear, metals, mining; including ownership, profitability, sector reports, general industry trends. 

Tel: +61-2-660-4461
Fax: +61-2-692-3644

Greg Craigh - Research Fellow

Research into ownership, profitability, production trends, general industry trends of MNCs in all sectors, particularly in Australia, including foreign MNCs there. Largely for Australian Taxation Office but welcomes enquiries. 

Paulus Potterstraat 20
1071 DA
Amsterdam
Netherlands

Tel: +31-20-664-2191
Fax: +31-20-673-0179
Email: tie@antenna.nl

Albert van Oortmeurssen

With offices in Netherlands, Brazil, USA, Malaysia, Russia, TIE is a network of trade unionists particularly in the auto sector, cocoa/chocolate, oils & fats, textiles/garments; research/meetings to support shopfloor negotiations, especially using/developing workers' information 

Tel: +44-161-247-1760
Fax: +44-161-247-6333
Email: women-ww@mcr1.poptel.org.uk
Web site: http://www.poptel.org.uk/women-ww/

Angela Hale - Coordinator

A UK-based network of researchers and activists concerned with the effects of a changing world economy on the lives of women as workers; collects, disseminates and publishes information about women organising as workers; encourages direct solidarity links; past work on international garment industry; current work on women and world trade issues.

P.O. Box 199
Sheffield S1 1FQ
UK

Tel: +44-114-276-5695
Fax: +44-114-276-7257
Email: whin-hazards@mcr1.poptel.org.uk