I have with me an article published in the Jordan Times in December 2011. The article talks about an IBG delegation. A number of workers were on strike and were claiming that their employer was violating their rights.
I am not accusing you of anything. I am however telling you that it is clear the measures are perhaps not strict enough. They are not remedying the situation. We are about to sign a free trade agreement with a country where workers are being trafficked and where people are having their passport taken away.
Can you confirm to me that all your subcontractors respect human rights and that workers have the right to unionize?
Can you confirm to me that, if we were to sign that free trade agreement, there would be no similar situations in the future? The article was published on December 21, 2011. Workers were on strike at that time.