In the following joint press statement, GoodElectronics, SACOM, Bread for All, makeITfair and the IMF summarise the key finding of the report on substandard wages, excessive working hours, shocking corporate management systems, forced relocation of…
A new report by Cividep looks into the mobile manufacturing industry in India. Apparent from the industrial analysis in this report is that companies have a great interest in staying in India. One such place…
Suicide as protest for the new generation of Chinese migrant workers: Foxconn, Global capital, and the state” is the title of an strong-worded, analytical article by Jenny Chan and Pun Ngai, published in the September…
Friday 23 July, Foxconn’s Sunguvarchatram plant in Tamil Nadu, South India, was temporarily shut down due to an occupational health incident involving approximately 250 workers. The Tamil Nadu state government ordered the closure of the…
In light of a series of suicides at the Foxconn Electronics facility in China, a broad coalition of over 40 European, Australian and U.S. investors have joined their voices to issue a public statement condemning…
A recently published report by the All-China Federation of Trade Union (ACFTU) explores the differences between the new generation of migrant workers in China and their parents’ generation, in terms of their backgrounds, their work-life…
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…
News about the suicides among the Foxconn labour force in China has also reached Mexico. The Mexican media pointed out that Foxconn also has factories in Guadalajara and other cities in Mexico, and it was…