Workers as machines: military management in Foxconn
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Is EICC protecting Apple and Foxconn on recent worker suicides?
On May 28th, under mounting pressure from labor rights group and concerned scholars around the world, the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) Board of Directors expressed that they were saddened about the loss of life…
Mobile phone operators urged to offer their customes fair and green phones
The European campaign makeITfair is launching a postcard action to urge mobile phone operators like T-Mobile and Vodafone to offer fair and green phones to their customers. They currently offer phones that are manufactured under…
Foxconn: prolonged protests and clear proposals
Trade unions, individual consumers, labour groups, campaign organisations, academics etc. from all over the world have joined in the protest to condemn the suicidal regime at Foxconn’s Chinese production sites and the still inadequate responses…
Electronics sector well represented among most valuable brands in the world
Brandirectory publishes annual overviews of the world’s most valuable brands. The electronics industry is well represented in the 2010 report. Google ranks first and Microsoft third in the Brandirectory. The top 25 includes consumer electronics…
June 8th, international day of action and solidarity with Foxconn victims and workers
Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn has seen a wave of suicides among employees of its Longhua plants over the past months. GoodElectronics and makeITfair have published a public statement severly criticising this situation and calling upon…
Suicides at Foxconn’s in China, an appalling showcase for the global electronics industry
Over the past months a wave of suicides has occurred at the Foxconn plant of Longhua in southern China. Reportedly, 12 employees all between 18 and 24 years old have attempted to commit suicide. Foxconn…
Apple reports on non-compliances in its global supply chain, including child labour
24 February, Apple released its 2010 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report. The report provides details about Apple’s approach to working with suppliers. Included are a summary of Apple’s 2009 audits and descriptions of core violations, frequent…
Moving away from bromine and chlorine
The report: “Greening Consumer Electronics: Moving Away from Bromine and Chlorine” features seven companies who have engineered environmental solutions that negate the need for most — or in some cases all — uses of brominated…
One in three laptops fail over three year
Warranty provider SquareTrade analysed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptop computers covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans and found that one-third of all laptops will fail within 3 years. Lap tops of nine brands…