Briefing paper
In this briefing paper, SOMO investigates the role of electronics brands in ensuring that freedom of association and collective bargaining is respected all along their supply chain.
When Salcomp Turkey, which produces smartphones for Chinese Xiaomi, the second largest smartphone maker in the world, fired 170 workers for joining a union, the union members took action. At the end of September 2021,…
Reposted from SOMO Hiding behind complex supply chains, undermining unions, disseminating distorted information – these are just a few of the ways that corporations try to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses and environmental damage…
A new benchmark report from KnowTheChain found that ICT companies are failing to address the problem of forced labor in their supply chains. The report reveals that there is a critical gap between stated policies…
News release: Labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER) expresses alarm as more and more corporations are laying off employees, contributing to the number growing of joblessness in the country. EILER noted…
IndustriALL Global Union is lodging a complaint against Mitsubishi Electric with the Organising Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to stop rights abuses at the company’s Thai operations. Mitsubishi Electric, an official partner…
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…
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,…
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…
GoodElectronics Network representing organisations and individuals worldwide, including trade unions, labour and human rights organisations, environmental groups, academics, researchers and advocates from civil society organizations, expresses concerns on the situation of striking unionists and workers…
Workers Decry Union Busting SMT Philippines Inc., a Japanese company producing and supplying USB for Toshiba and motherboard for EPSON printers closes operation without notice last, October 1, 2018, in what the workers’ union says…