iSlave behind the iPhone Foxconn Workers in Central China

In May 2011, Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) released a report, titled Foxconn and Apple Fail to Fulfill Promises: Predicaments of Workers after the Suicides1, which documented the labour rights conditions at the Foxconn plant in Chengdu, China, a supplier of the iPad.

GoodElectronics’s input for the Special Rapporteur: Gender and Toxic

News / March 13, 2024

India’s iPhone factory is keeping women workers isolated

This long read by Johanna Deeksha shows how in India’s iPhone factory, women workers are isolated through restrictive housing in hostels, raising concerns about their working conditions. Managed by Foxconn in Tamil Nadu, this practice…

News / January 4, 2024

Indonesian unions demand investigation of ITSS furnace explosion

Here is a link to IndustriALL’s statement on the deadly explosion at PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS), a company based in the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central Sulawesi. The explosion, which happened…

News / December 6, 2023

Labor Conditions In China’s Consumer Electronics Sector

This report by China Labor Watch highlights severe labor conditions in China’s consumer electronics sector. The study, based on workers’ testimonies and on-site data, reveals systemic issues like illegal intern usage, hiring discrimination, and workplace…

News / November 1, 2023

Debt Bondage in Space, and Taiwan

Debt bondage is prevalent among migrant workers in Taiwanese firms supplying global satellite, electronics, and automotive industries. This article by Peter Bentsen shows that major corporations like SpaceX and HughesNet sourced equipment from suppliers like…

News / October 26, 2023

Over 50 national and local groups call on semiconductor manufacturing companies to deliver on the promise of good jobs, stronger communities, and environmental protections

CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of over 50 organizations, is urging semiconductor companies, including Intel, Micron, TSMC, Samsung, and Texas Instruments, to uphold accountability and environmental responsibility as they receive billions in public subsidies…

News / October 19, 2023

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