India’s celebrated $280 billion tech industry, employing over 5 million people, is facing a severe human toll. Widespread AI-fueled layoffs and an intense work culture have created a workforce under extreme pressure, marked by a…
Millions of workers across India staged a massive general strike last July 9 in protest against the government’s ongoing erosion of labour rights. Spanning both rural and urban areas, and including workers from formal and…
This long read by Johanna Deeksha shows how in India’s iPhone factory, women workers are isolated through restrictive housing in hostels, raising concerns about their working conditions. Managed by Foxconn in Tamil Nadu, this practice…
Apple and Foxconn have their eye on Karnataka, in South India, to build a very large factory producing iPhones there. They are using their corporate influence to push for relaxation of labor laws. According to…
US union United Auto Workers, IndustriALL and Chennai Ford Employees Union have managed to secure a decent severance package for workers at auto giant Ford’s plant in Chennai, India. In 2021, Ford India announced that…
Lohum Cleantech has signed a deal to supply 10,000 tonnes of specialty chemicals for the battery supply chain to company Glencore over the next five years, worth US$200-million. According to Rajat Verma, founder and CEO…
Supported by GoodElectronics, Cividep studied the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the electronics sector in India. The main objective of this research was to evaluate the immediate as well as the broader and medium-term…
French courts file preliminary charges against Samsung over misleading advertising on its commitment to human and worker rights. In 2018, Sherpa and ActionAid France filed a lawsuit against Samsung, accusing the company of false advertising due…