OLED suppliers compete for new iPhone orders

Potential suppliers of flexible OLED panels for Apple’s next generation of iPhones are competing for orders, according to Korean industry insiders. Apple has already ordered 60,000 panels from Samsung Display. Other companies that are in…

Samsung ends 2015 with another death, reports SHARPS

Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor industry (SHARPS) report on the death of Ms Lee Ji-hye, again another Samsung employee to die of cancer.Supporters for the Health And Rights of…

Labour rights violations persist at HEG Technology

A new report by China Labor Watch finds labour rights violations persist at HEG Technology in China. HEG Technology is a state-controlled company, which supplies to companies like Samsung and Huawei. China Labor Watch has…

Samsung victims and SHARPS throw “Sam Ba” party

SHARPS activists and supporters rallied at Samsung corporate headquarters in Seoul to call on the company to reinitiate the arbitration process with occupational disease victims. Hundreds of victims and supporters gathered at the company’s corporate…

Samsung compensates disease victims on own divisive terms

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has launched a website for individual occupational-disease victims seeking compensation from the company, hammering a nail in the coffin of prospects for sufficient payouts for the company’s victims, and for publicly…