SHARPS is an independent public interest NGO in South Korea. It has been working for workers’ right in the electronic industry mainly focusing on the right to health since 2007.
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Government Admits “Relatedness of Fatalities and Illnesses” in South Korean Semiconductor Industry
Workers fell sick and died due to exposure to hazardous chemicals in their chip labs, Korea Workers Compensation & Welfare Service (KCOMWEL) concluded on May 22, after reviewing ten years of epidemiological data. A Decade…
Investigation reveals Samsung’s illegal surveilance of SHARPS activists
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…
Lack of transparency on workplace toxins leads to deaths in the Electronics Industry
A young female worker at a Korean semiconductor plant dies due to the cumulative effects of her on-the-job chemical exposure. Yet, amid this her employer seeks to invalidate her workers compensation. SHARPS report that the…
Occupational Disease Victims ineligible for Samsung Compensation Scheme
After Samsung launched its new compensation scheme in Nov. 2018, about 62% of new victims have been classed as not eligible for compensation. As identified by a SHARPS investigation, this is largely because their disease…
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….
SHARPS and Samsung consent to binding arbitration for occcupational disease victims
It’s been so long overdue that it’s looked hopelessly far off. However, the day finally has come—Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd has agreed to a binding arbitration framework that will likely compel one of the world’s…
Two legal wins: SHARPS achieves new momentum
SHARPS has scored two legal wins in a single day, achieving new momentum in its ongoing effort to hold Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd accountable for the occupational disease cluster. Samsung LCD and Leukemia On July…
A documentary on Samsung cluster victims premieres at S. Korea’s National Assembly
A new documentary on the agonies of victims of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s blood-disorder cluster has chosen an unusual venue for its premiere: South Korea’s National Assembly hall. On Jun 20, 2017 the new film, Stories…
A Critical Milestone: SHARPS and Presidential Frontrunner Agree to Policy Framework Over Samsung
SHARPS and the party of South Korea’s Presidential frontrunner have agreed to a policy framework aimed at resolving the occupational disease cluster of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.—one of the most critical milestones in ten years…
A year into sit-in, SHARPS urges Samsung’s heir Lee Jae-yong to Reinitiate Dialogue
SHARPS and the Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. occupational-disease victims it advocates for have marked the one-year anniversary of their sit-in at the company’s corporate headquarters in south Seoul, with a demand: Lee Jae-young, Samsung’s heir apparent,…