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News / July 5, 2019

Charges filed against Samsung for misleading advertising regarding its ethical committments

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…

News / May 24, 2019

Government Admits “Relatedness of Fatalities and Illnesses” in South Korean Semiconductor Industry

Workers fell sick and died due to exposure to hazardous chemicals in their chip labs, Korea Workers Compensation & Welfare Service (KCOMWEL) concluded on May 22, after reviewing ten years of epidemiological data. A Decade…

News / April 26, 2019

Investigation reveals Samsung’s illegal surveilance of SHARPS activists

Lee Jong-ran (right), labor attorney with SHARPS, helps Hwang Sang-ki (left), a SHARPS founder, put on a clean suit ahead of a rally against Samsung in 2016. Samsung listed Lee and Hwang as “persons of…

News / April 10, 2019

Lack of transparency on workplace toxins leads to deaths in the Electronics Industry

A young female worker at a Korean semiconductor plant dies due to the cumulative effects of her on-the-job chemical exposure. Yet, amid this her employer seeks to invalidate her workers compensation. SHARPS report that the…

News / March 11, 2019

Companies must stop work-related diseases killing millions each year

The 2018 Annual Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics outlines the deadly consequences of toxic exposure in the workplace. In fact, around 2.8 million workers a year die due to unsafe or unhealthy conditions,…

News / March 5, 2019

Occupational Disease Victims ineligible for Samsung Compensation Scheme

After Samsung launched its new compensation scheme in Nov. 2018, about 62% of new victims have been classed as not eligible for compensation. As identified by a SHARPS investigation, this is largely because their disease…

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