During the annual trade show for information and telecommunications technology, the CeBIT – held from March 3-8 in Hannover, Germany – makeITfair calls for ‘green’ IT products. Green products, according to MakeITFair, are not only…
The toxic tide of e-waste will be lessened now that electronics giant Philips has agreed to begin to take responsibility for recycling its own products. The more toxic components there are in a product the…
Following a three-year undercover investigation, Greenpeace has shown once again that electronic waste – like your old TV set – still isn’t being responsibly recycled like it’s supposed to be. Instead, e-waste is being disguised…
As the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona on 16 February, Global Witness is calling on mobile phone manufacturers to audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict in eastern…
Today, in a special session, trade unions representing Nokia workers in Finland meet with Nokia managers to discuss the ongoing labour rights dispute between Nokia and workers of its Mexican plant in Reynosa. Mexican labour…
The year 2009 is significant in many ways for the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is the 90th anniversary of the founding of the ILO, the 10th anniversary of its gender equality action plan and…
The International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) has lodged an unprecedented complaint against the Mexican Government to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Switzerland. Submitted by IMF President Jürgen Peters, the complaint calls on the ILO to…
On February 5, 2009, the case against six Philippines labour organiser has been ordered quashed by the Regional Trial court (4th Judicial Region) Oriental Mindoro Branch. The six were immediately released from the Oriental Mindoro…
Today, the National Labor Committee (NLC) is releasing a 60-page report, High Tech Misery in China, documenting the grueling hours, low wages and draconian disciplinary measures at the Meitai factory in southern China. The 2,000…
In November and December 2008, about 1’000 workers at the Nokia plant in Reynosa, Mexico, were dismissed. Reportedly, at least 53 workers were put under pressure to voluntarily sign resignation letters. All workers dismissed were…