“Specific Instance Between International Union of Food, Agriculture, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) and Cargill Incorporated Regarding Operations in Turkey”, 20 March 2020

On August 29, 2018, the U.S. National Contact Point (U.S. NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the Guidelines) accepted the Specific Instance and offered mediation between the … regarding operations in Turkey … the U.S. NCP offered mediation services to assist the parties to develop a mutually agreed upon resolution to the issues related to Cargill’s implementation of the OECD Guidelines regarding its operations in Turkey. IUF and Cargill accepted the offer of mediation under the auspices of the U.S. NCP and a mediation team from the Consensus Building Institute.

 IUF and Cargill … were ultimately unable to bridge their differences as to what the mediation agenda should entail. The U.S. NCP encourages the parties to continue a dialogue where appropriate, and stands ready to consider future requests for mediation by the parties. With this Final Statement, the U.S. NCP brings this Specific Instance to a close…