IT is my life, but broke my life!
At the occasion of the Korea Electronics Grand Fair 2010 which was opened today by Samsung, labour rights groups are calling for the commemoration of the workers who are suffering or died from occupational disease…
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Foxconn suicides forgotten, back to business as usual? New SACOM report released.
In the following joint press statement, GoodElectronics, SACOM, Bread for All, makeITfair and the IMF summarise the key finding of the report on substandard wages, excessive working hours, shocking corporate management systems, forced relocation of…
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Burmese migrant women workers at JVC Malaysia risk deportation
Asian and international labour groups are sounding the alarm over the dreaded deportation of Burmese workers who are working with JVC Manufacturing Malaysia, in Selangor. The 23 women concerned are employed by Fast Link Trans…
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Changing industrial relations in India’s mobile phone manufacturing industry
A new report by Cividep looks into the mobile manufacturing industry in India. Apparent from the industrial analysis in this report is that companies have a great interest in staying in India. One such place…
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Open Letter to Nokia at the occasion of Nokia’s human rights summit
At the occasion of the Nokia human rights summit on 29 and 30 September 2010 in Helsinki, the GoodElectronics Network and makeITfair are publishing an Open Letter to Nokia. The Open Letter is intended as…
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Market-basket analysis to establish living wage standard for free trade zone apparel workers
Living Wage Analysis for the Dominican Republic The Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) performed a comprehensive market-basket analysis in order to establish a living wage standard for free trade zone apparel workers in the Dominican Republic….
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Asian floor wage for garment workers expressed in ‘purchasing power parity in US$’
The garment industry around the world is renowned for low wages, excessive overtime and poor working conditions. In many cases, even the legal minimum wages set for workers in the apparel industry fail to provide…
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Congo mining ban: a first step towards ending ‘conflict mineral’ trade?
On 11 September, the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a ban on mining in the eastern provinces of the DRC. The full consequences are yet difficult to predict. Stock trading will continue, but the price…
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Suicide as protest for Chinese migrant workers: Foxconn, global capital, and the state
Suicide as protest for the new generation of Chinese migrant workers: Foxconn, Global capital, and the state” is the title of an strong-worded, analytical article by Jenny Chan and Pun Ngai, published in the September…
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Labour standards remain critical risk for firms manufacturing in China – Maplecroft report
A recent spate of stories focusing on electronics companies with manufacturing operations in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have highlighted poor labour standards and reputational risks relevant to all multinational corporations with subsidiaries and supply…