A new investigative report, which includes field research in South Korea, points out severe violations of labour rights in the electronics industry, particularly regarding health and safety issues, and freedom of association restrictions. Electronics watch…
Paris, October 9th, 2014 – Les Amis de la Terre/Friends of the Earth France, in partnership with CRID (Centre de Recherche et d’Information pour le Développement/Research and Information Centre for Development) and Peuples Solidaires –…
Only six weeks after the latest revelation of child labor in Samsung’s supply chain, China Labor Watch (CLW) has again uncovered child workers and student workers employed under exploitative conditions at a Samsung and Lenovo…
China Labor Watch (CLW) has once again exposed the employment of child labor in Samsung’s supply chain, this time at a factory called Shinyang Electronics in Dongguan, China. This revelation comes nearly two years after…
IndustriALL and its afffiliate Korean Metal Workers’ Union calls on South Korean President Park Geun-hye to take immediate measures to implement labour supervisory mechanisms to stop Samsung labour repression and ensure it collectively bargains with…
The following is in response to the proposal made by the bereaved families, SHARPS (Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor Industry) and Rep. Sim Sang Jeung who held a joint…
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has officially apologized over the illnesses and deaths of some of its factory workers. In a public statement, CEO Kwon Oh-hyun admitted that “several workers at our production facilities suffered…
A strike by more than a thousand workers at Samsung supplier Shanmukang Technology in Dongguan has come to an after the Korean-owned company agreed to increase overtime rates for weekdays and weekends and double the…
The efforts of workers at Keyrin Electronics PHILS. Inc. (KEPI) to establish a labour union are thwarted. The Philippines Department of Labour (DOLE) has unilaterally suspended the ongoing pre-election conference for holding a certification election….
On October 31, Choi Jong-beom killed himself in protest against Samsung’s harsh labor control. Choi worked 12-hour shifts in peak season, struggled with financial problems and suffered from management’s harassment. Choi is survived by his…