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News / December 21, 2018

Samsung must engage with unions to improve safety

Samsung Electronics must engage with unions to make safer workplaces, says IndustriALL Global Union after the company recently agreed to pay compensation to hundreds of workers who have contracted life-threatening diseases at its factories in…

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News / November 23, 2018

After decade long stand-off, Samsung apologises to workers for illness and deaths

Samsung offer a formal apology to the workers and families affected by illness and death, publically admitting responsibility for the employees affected by health issues at its South Korean semiconductor and LCD plants since 1984….

News / November 23, 2018

Samsung fails to identify and address migrant worker abuses in its supply chain

An investigation by the Gaurdian reveals that migrant workers in Samsung’s factories continue to face human rights violations, despite guidelines set out by the company to protect foriegn workers. The investigation at a Samsung plant…

News / November 14, 2018

Study shows link between Working Conditions and Employee Suicide in the Chinese Electornics Sector

Today, the Economic Rights Institute and Electronics Watch have released The Link Between Employment Conditions and Suicide: A Study of the Electronics Sector in China. The report analyses original quantitative and qualitative data to show how…

News / November 7, 2018

Samsung to Compensate Infirm workers from 1984 Onward, Arbitration Decision Demands

Independent Mediation Committee annocounces that Samsung should compensate workers falling ill at its LCD and chip plants from 1984 onward. The committee  it annocounced its final arbitration decision on Nov 1 2018, which also requests a Samsung…

News / October 31, 2018

Apple investigates its supply chain after publication of SACOM

Apple started an investigation after SACOM’s report revealed that it’s supplier Quanta Computer employed students to make Apple Watches in the Chinese city of Chongqing. These students didn’t worked voluntarily, worked overtime and their activities…

News / October 29, 2018

Apple Watch Series 4: Still Failed to Protect Teenage Student Workers

SACOM published a new report Apple Watch Series 4: Still Failed to Protect Teenage Student Workers. In summer 2018, this in-depth re-visiting investigation was conducted as a follow up after the report Apple Watch 3 in…

News / October 24, 2018

UN expert: “exposure to toxic substances is a form of exploitation”

“Exposure of workers to toxic substances can and should be considered a form of exploitation and is a global health crisis,” said Baskut Tuncak – UN Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes. “Governments and…

News / October 23, 2018

Coal mining unions demand Just Transition

IndustriALL Global Union’s network of coal mining unions met in Delhi, India, to escalate efforts to achieve a ‘Just Transition’ in order to defend coal miners’ interests in the face of challenges from climate change,…

News / August 30, 2018

Chinese workers detained and attacked for organizing a union at Jasic Technology in ShenZhen

A group of workers of Shenzhen Jasic Technology Co., Ltd organized to exercise their right to Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining and setting up their own trade union according to the legal procedures. However,…

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