At the occasion of the Apple shareholders meeting, Hong Kong-based labour group SACOM has published a new report on Apple. SACOM is highly critical of working conditions at Apple suppliers in China. While Apple claims…
Ce 27 février à Cupertino (Siège d’Apple en Californie), John Harrington a déposé une proposition de constitution d’un Comité du Conseil d’administration d’Apple sur les Droits de l’Homme. Cet actionnaire minoritaire veut ainsi renforcer les…
In this SACOM film a young female former Foxconn worker is interviewed about her work, treatment and working conditions at the mold production shop floor. She started there as a trainee, earning 1 Chinese Yuan…
SACOM (Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior) is an NGO advocating for labor rights in China. SACOM conducts first-hand research to monitor corporate labor practices in supply chains of multi-national corporations such as Apple, and…
‘Digitally tagging’ flagship stores with ‘digital graffiti’, the Friends of the Earth campaign ‘Make it Better’ has gone virtual to question Apple and Samsung about the origin of the environmentally unfriendly tin used in their…
In its 2013 Supplier Responsibility report Apple generally stresses the adequacy of its policies and the supposed advances it has made on worker rights. Apple writes about monitoring the progress of corrective actions at Foxconn,…
Samsung and Apple almost certainly use tin in their mobiles that’s come from Bangka Island – where tin mining is ravaging forests and coral reefs, injuring miners and destroying fishermen’s livelihoods. Friends of the Earth…
How are the factory workers making Apple products treated? www.AppleLabor.com aims to be a comprehensive online library of research and coverage on the labor conditions faced by Apple’s factory workers.www.AppleLabor.com aims to be a comprehensive online…
EICC is working to improve transparency across the electronics value chain as a step in enhancing implementation of the EICC Code of Conduct. EICC is promoting common and comparable KPIs, and intends to help companies…