Last Saturday, Chinese factory worker Ming Kunpeng sadly ended his life by jumping from the rooftop of the hospital where he was receiving treatment. His mother was sleeping in his room at the time and…
Fair Labor Association (FLA) has completed its verification at Apple supplier Foxconn. In the third and final “Foxconn Verification Status Report” released on 12 December 2013, FLA claims that 98.9 per cent of the corrective…
As the size of Apple’s cash reserves continues to mount, the company has come under increasing pressure to return more of those reserves to shareholders, through dividends and/or stock buy backs. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn…
China Labor Watch (CLW) has obtained information about the recent sudden deaths of several workers at Pegatron (Shanghai) Ltd Co., a factory primarily making cell phones and tablet PCs for Apple, including iPhone 5C. One…
Smartphones from companies such as Apple, Samsung or HTC are among the most popular consumer and lifestyle products today. Unfortunately a whole series of problems occur during the global production process, ranging from bad working…
Apple ist das wertvollste Markenunternehmender Welt. Gleichzeitig steht es seit Jahren wegen Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen bei seinen chinesischen Zulieferern in der Kritik. Deshalb richtete Germanwatch sich gemeinsam mit den Partnerorganisationen aus dem europäischen Projekt makeITfair und des…
Hong Kong-based labour group SACOM conducted an investigative research into labour conditions at the Huizhou factory of Apple supplier Biel Crystal, and discovered numerous labour abuses and violation of Chinese labour law. SACOM has published…
Ethical watchdog Danwatch has published a report on gold mining in Ghana and Mali, two West African countries that are experiencing a gold rush. In both countries employment and revenues are on the rise in…
A new undercover investigation by China Labor Watch (CLW) has revealed a series of ethical and legal labor violations in a factory in Wuxi, China owned by U.S. electronics manufacturer Jabil Circuit that is currently…
In February 2012, Apple was the first electronics company to join the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a multi-stakeholder initiative (MSI) created in the clothing sector. After eighteen months, FLA has not convinced civil society organisations…