Leaflet: Find out the true cost of a phone call

This leaflet is an update of leaflet 1: Find out the true cost of a phone call in this consumer guide. Now the makeITfair campaign is calling on young people across Europe to help improve the lives of workers in the developing world who make our electronic dreams come true. Together, we can make IT fair for people everywhere!

Lohum Cleantech and Glencore ink deal on 10,000 tonnes of specialty chemicals for the battery supply chain

Lohum Cleantech has signed a deal to supply 10,000 tonnes of specialty chemicals for the battery supply chain to company Glencore over the next five years, worth US$200-million. According to Rajat Verma, founder and CEO…

News / September 2, 2022

The Right to Say ‘No’ in Ecuador: the #QuitoSinMineria campaign

Collecting 200.000 signatures by October 2022, this is the goal of the ongoing campaign “Quito sin mineria”. The campaign was launched in March 2022 by a group of organisations, collectives and people from the towns…

News / August 31, 2022

ACTION LAB (26 September): Towards resource justice

The European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe, the Institute for European Environmental Policy, and the European Youth Forum are organising an interactive hybrid workshop to co-create an ambitious agenda for resource justice. The…

News / August 8, 2022

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…

News / May 25, 2022

Civil Society meets in Brussels to strengthen advocacy on mining and energy transition policies

Civil society organisations from across Europe gathered in Brussels on 5 May 2022 to discuss improved coordination on EU policies related to the sourcing of raw materials for batteries and electronics. Participants included several GoodElectronics…

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