Response from the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) to the report ‘High Tech – No Rights?’
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Samsung Electronics must engage with unions to make safer workplaces, says IndustriALL Global Union after the company recently agreed to pay compensation to hundreds of workers who have contracted life-threatening diseases at its factories in…
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After decade long stand-off, Samsung apologises to workers for illness and deaths
Samsung offer a formal apology to the workers and families affected by illness and death, publically admitting responsibility for the employees affected by health issues at its South Korean semiconductor and LCD plants since 1984….
Samsung fails to identify and address migrant worker abuses in its supply chain
An investigation by the Gaurdian reveals that migrant workers in Samsung’s factories continue to face human rights violations, despite guidelines set out by the company to protect foriegn workers. The investigation at a Samsung plant…
Study shows link between Working Conditions and Employee Suicide in the Chinese Electornics Sector
Today, the Economic Rights Institute and Electronics Watch have released The Link Between Employment Conditions and Suicide: A Study of the Electronics Sector in China. The report analyses original quantitative and qualitative data to show how…
Sign the petition to Stop Union Busting in the Electornics Industry
People & Planet has launched a petition calling upon major electornics brands to uphold freedom of association standards in their supply chains. The petition comes as a response to attempts by electronics companies to tactically…
Samsung to Compensate Infirm workers from 1984 Onward, Arbitration Decision Demands
Independent Mediation Committee annocounces that Samsung should compensate workers falling ill at its LCD and chip plants from 1984 onward. The committee it annocounced its final arbitration decision on Nov 1 2018, which also requests a Samsung…
Apple investigates its supply chain after publication of SACOM
Apple started an investigation after SACOM’s report revealed that it’s supplier Quanta Computer employed students to make Apple Watches in the Chinese city of Chongqing. These students didn’t worked voluntarily, worked overtime and their activities…
Apple Watch Series 4: Still Failed to Protect Teenage Student Workers
SACOM published a new report Apple Watch Series 4: Still Failed to Protect Teenage Student Workers. In summer 2018, this in-depth re-visiting investigation was conducted as a follow up after the report Apple Watch 3 in…
UN expert: “exposure to toxic substances is a form of exploitation”
“Exposure of workers to toxic substances can and should be considered a form of exploitation and is a global health crisis,” said Baskut Tuncak – UN Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes. “Governments and…
Coal mining unions demand Just Transition
IndustriALL Global Union’s network of coal mining unions met in Delhi, India, to escalate efforts to achieve a ‘Just Transition’ in order to defend coal miners’ interests in the face of challenges from climate change,…
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