800 workers at the HP site in Erskine, Scotland, UK, were recently told to be losing their jobs. HP has decided to relocate production to the Czech Republic. Workers working at the HP site were…
Toxics Dispatch #37 A huge amount of electronic waste is generated by discarded mobile phones in India. The Indian mobile phone market adds almost 10 million annual subscribers, writes Toxics Link in Toxics Dispatch #…
Do you know that India alone generates more than 4 lakh tones of electronic waste, which is highly toxic in nature and requires appropriate technology and process for its sound management?, writes Toxics Link. If…
A recent report by labour rights organisation Cividep shows that in the electronic sector wages are still below the living wage calculations, even if they seem to be comparatively better than in other manufacturing sectors…
Over 2 million migrants have been threatened by the Royal Thai Government with deportation after February 28, 2010 if they fail to enter a complex “nationality verification” process. The International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) has joined…
Greenpeace calls upon Facebook to use 100% renewable energy. How the internet is powered is an issue not just for Facebook but for the entire IT industry. The industry holds many of the keys to…
Pre-existing inequalities exacerbates effects of the financial crisis on women, concludes a meeting of metalworker unions held in commemoration of International Women’s Day. Over-represented in precarious and low paid employment, women in manufacturing jobs have…
A ‘cancer cluster’ was discovered among young Samsung manufacturing workers exposed to toxic chemicals in Korea. The deaths of colleagues has motivated workers to demand that Samsung takes responsibility for for the hazards of semiconductor…
24 February, Apple released its 2010 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report. The report provides details about Apple’s approach to working with suppliers. Included are a summary of Apple’s 2009 audits and descriptions of core violations, frequent…
Seattle, Washington (1 March 2010). The Basel Action Network (BAN), an environmental watchdog organization, reported today that it had successfully prevented nine sea-going containers of hazardous electronic waste from a Massachusetts business calling themselves a…