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…
Foxconn and Apple are failing to live up to their promises to reduce the working hours at Foxconn factories in China to the legal maximum without workers suffering a loss in income. Those commitments were…
Apple distanziert sich von seinem langgedienten Zulieferer Foxconn. Sein günstiges iPhone wird das Unternehmen beim Foxconn-Konkurrenten Pegatron anfertigen lassen. Doch nicht die Medienaufmerksamkeit nach drei weiteren Selbstmorden bei Foxconn hat den IT-Giganten zum Umdenken bewegt,…
Earlier this year Friends of the Earth forced Samsung, Apple’s biggest rival, to confirm that it uses forest trashing tin in its products. Apple though is still refusing to go public about whether their phones…
FLA has published a report outlining ongoing efforts by Apple’s largest supplier, Foxconn, to implement the 15-month action plan developed following FLA’s original investigation of three facilities in early 2012. Since FLA’s last verification in…
China Labor Watch reports about two new suicide cases at a Foxconn production production site in Zhengzhou, China. On April 24 and 27, two workers reportedly jumped to their deaths, jumping from an apartment building…
There is indication that the recent suicides at Foxconn Zhengzhou are related to stressful working conditions. Newly introduced rules require workers to work in silence, and spur on internal auditors to report on their fellow-workers….