‘The Chinese battery industry: The truth behind the charge’, a report by Globalization Monitor provides a comprehensive overview of the battery industry in China and presents findings presents findings concerning the labour conditions of ten…
Hong Kong-based labour group Students & Scholars Against Coporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) reports on labour abuses at iPad-mini manufacturer Riteng Computer Accessory Co., a subsidiary of Pegatron Corp. According to SACOM labour rights abuses are widespread…
Sign the on-line petition by labour Start in partnership with the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions. More than 10 independent labour organizations have been forced to close down their worker centres and offices in…
Forum on The struggle in Asia for sustainable electronics and safer workplaces, on October 26th at at UC Berkeley. The forum is by a reception to celebrate the 10th anniversary of International Campaign for Responsible…
On the tragic occasion of the death of Yun Seul-ki, the 56th victim of occupational disease at Samsung, campaign groups have issued a Joint Statement. The urgent call is summed up simply: “We cannot afford…
Today, 31 May 2012, the Hong Kong based labour group Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) has released a report entitled ‘Sweatshops are good for Apple and Foxconn, but not for workers’. SACOM responds…
SumOfUs has launched a new campaign. iPhones and other iGadgets are still made by workers treated unethically, even though Apple pledged to address violations of workers’ rights in its Chinese supply chain. But thus far,…
AMSTERDAM – Philips, HP, Sony, other big electronic brands and telecom providers are meeting in Amsterdam this week with labour organisations and CSOs for a round table on working conditions in the electronics sector. Well…
Electronics manufacturers are seeking ways “to diversify risk by investing or relocating to other countries”, warned Gritsada Suptuaychone, secretary of the Electrical, Electronics and Allied Industries club under the Federation of Thai Industries in November…
The FLA report ‘Independent investigation of Apple’s supplier Foxconn’ confirms abusive labour conditions as have been reported over the past years by local and international labour groups. GoodElectronics and makeITfair welcome the FLA efforts but…