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.
Workers at South Korean memory chipmaker SK hynix are stepping up collective action over wages and employee compensation as the company benefits from strong demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in artificial intelligence systems. On…
Workers in Samsung Electronics’ consumer-device division are preparing to rally over a widening pay gap in the company’s highly profitable semiconductor business. The Donghaeng union, which represents mainly employees in Samsung’s Device eXperience (DX) division,…
IndustriALL Global Union and its Taiwan R.O.C. affiliate Republic of China Metalworkers’ Union (ROCMU) are calling union members to support a LabourStart campaign to end union busting at TaiDoc Technology Corporation. TaiDoc, a medical equipment…
Members of GoodElectronics Philippines produced a primer on details the impacts of Pax Silica Initiative on environment, manufacturing, and labor rights in the Philippines. The GE Network global webinar last June featured experts on science…
Every year on 28 April, International Workers’ Memorial Day calls us to remember those killed, injured or made ill by their work. This year, the crisis in focus is psychosocial risk, less visible than a…
To learn more about Telenor’s actions in Myanmar, please visit SOMO’s case page. A class action lawsuit filed in Norway on 8 April 2026 is testing a question that sits at the heart of the…
Filipino migrant workers at Taidoc Technology Corp., a Taiwanese medical device manufacturer that produces blood glucose monitors and COVID-19 test kits, are at the center of a labor rights dispute that raises uncomfortable questions about…
Samsung Electronics’ unionized workers in South Korea voted in March 2026 to approve a strike plan after negotiations over wages and bonuses stalled. The union demanded a 7% wage increase and reforms to Samsung’s bonus…
IndustriALL Global Union has joined trade union organizations worldwide in calling on governments to deliver concrete action on women’s rights in the world of work, as the 70th session of the UN Commission on the…
Workers at Apple supplier Lumileds Malaysia are facing retaliation after exercising their legal right to organise. In response, IndustriALL Global Union (a member of GoodElectronics network) and its Malaysian affiliate, the Electronics Industry Employees Union…