iSlave behind the iPhone Foxconn Workers in Central China

In May 2011, Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) released a report, titled Foxconn and Apple Fail to Fulfill Promises: Predicaments of Workers after the Suicides1, which documented the labour rights conditions at the Foxconn plant in Chengdu, China, a supplier of the iPad.

South African mineworkers discuss strategies to prevent injuries and deaths from mine accidents

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) national health and safety committee met on 4 August in Johannesburg to discuss the impact of the union’s health and safety campaigns and training programmes in the mining, energy,…

News / August 7, 2022

EIEU claims 4 chip-making factories dodging contract talks in Malaysia

Four electronic chip firms in the northern region of Malaysia employing about 4,500 workers, have refused to talk about a new collective bargaining agreement, according to a union representative. A collective bargaining agreement inked in…

Photo: "Australian Mining, Kalgoorlie WA" by Tor Lindstrand is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

News / August 6, 2022

Lithium drives investments, workplace concerns in Australia

The demand for the raw materials in batteries has increased as sales of electric vehicles (EVs) continue to grow. While China dominates the lithium supply chain, Western nations sought to develop their own production. Australia, which…

News / August 5, 2022

Samsung workers in Vietnam bear brunt of slowdown in global demand for electronics

Samsung workers in a smartphone plant in Vietnam say that the company has reduced its output as merchants and warehouses struggle with growing inventories due to a global decline in consumer spending. In an exclusive…

News / June 30, 2022

ILO webinar on safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental right

On Monday 11 July 2022, the ILO International Training Centre organises a webinar titled ‘A safe and healthy working environment is now a fundamental principle and right at work’. The presentation will be delivered via…

News / June 13, 2022

Health and safety is now a fundamental principle

In a landmark decision, the International Labour Conference, held in Geneva in June, has added health and safety to the ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. It is estimated that more than 3 million…

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GE members celebrate May Day 2022

News / April 14, 2022

IndustriALL research on risks of gender-based violence and harassment and union responses

IndustriALL will publish new research on the risks of gender-based violence (GBVH) in the garment, mining and electronics sectors, based on the testimony of 100 women workers and union leaders. The report also contains union…

News / January 21, 2022

Controversy over Chile’s lithium tender process

On January 20, civil society, unions, lawmakers, opposition parties and others came together in the Chilean capital Santiago to demand sustainable lithium policies. IndustriALL affiliate Industrial Chile Constramet is actively mobilizing to ensure that lithium,…

News / December 28, 2021

Study on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the electronics sector in India

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…

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