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News / June 13, 2017

Methanol poisoning victim testifies before UN Human Rights Council

During the 35th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, a former employee at a Samsung Electronics subcontractor testified about his loss of vision caused by methanol poisoning in the workplace….

News / June 13, 2017

IndustriALL resists layoffs of striking workers at Indonesian copper mine

More than 3,000 striking workers have now been fired at PT Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia. PT Freeport has broken Indonesian labour law, and its own collective agreement, by unilaterally placing workers on furlough,…

News / June 8, 2017

EU regulation on responsible mining will be ineffective

The EU regulation on mineral sourcing that comes into force today is a good but small first step. Additionally, due to its limited scope and delay in implementation, it will not be effective enough, says…

News / June 8, 2017

Fairphone visited cobalt mines in Congo

Two members of the Value Chain team of Fairphone visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to learn more about the conditions in which cobalt is mined. Cobalt is an essential part of mobile phones….

News / June 8, 2017

Are Apple and Samsung ‘Complicit’?

Visual artist Robin Bell, projected images of ‘Complicit’ on two Apple stores in New York. ‘Complicit’ describes the story of workers in China’s electronics industry who became terminally ill due to exposure to chemicals in…

News / June 7, 2017

iPhone screens will become easier to repair following new regulations

Apple will provide around 400 repair centers in 25 countries with its proprietary machines for repairing cracked iPhone screens. By the end of 2017, it will be possible to fix your broken iPhone screen at…

News / June 7, 2017

Chinese interns used as cheap labour at assembly lines

Companies like Foxconn and Honda are increasingly depending on interns as cheap workforce. Interns do the same work as regular employees, but are paid lower wages and receive less social security and welfare benefits. Because…

News / June 6, 2017

Apple and Amazon support Foxconn in its bid for Toshiba’s chip making business

Chairman of manufacturer Foxconn, Terry Gou, said in an interview with the Nikkei Asian Review last Sunday that the company receives financial support from Apple and Amazon in its bid for the chip making unit…

News / June 2, 2017

SHARPS marks the 600th day of sit-in against Samsung Electronics

As SHARPS’ sit-in has surpassed the 600 day mark, Sharan Burrow, general Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, visited the very site where families of Samsung’s cluster victims and SHARPS advocates have been squatting…

News / June 1, 2017

UN HRC 35 side-event: Strengthening Corporate Accountability in Supply Chains

During the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, a side event will be organized on strengthening corporate accountability in the supply chain on the 9th of June. “With the unanimous…

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