At the occasion of ACER’s forum on corporate social responsibility, taking place on December 16 and 17 in Longtan, 12 Taiwanese environmental organisations vent their criticism of Acer’s performance with a press release titled “Pollution…
An article in the IMF newsletter ‘Metal’ describes how the management illegally terminated strikers’ labour contracts and attempted to break the strike by hiring replacement workers. Support IMF and the workers in their demands by…
At the recent Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Cisco Systems, Inc, held a shareholder resolution was discussed requesting Cisco to establish a Board Committee on Human Rights.At the recent Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Cisco…
Despite a hard fought breakthrough in November 2008, involving the company paying compensation to dismissed workers, many of the demands of the workplace union have not yet been met. The OWYWU is continuing its struggle….
‘Inside the sweatshops of China’s computer hardware production’ – a speaker tour organised by Procure IT Fair. Jenny Chan and Charles Ho of the Chinese NGO SACOM will visit Berlin, Brno, Prague, Munich, Dresden and…
The Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) has extended the review process for its Code of conduct. Deadline is now December 31, 2008. Participants to the GoodElectronics Network have in the past years repeatedly submitted feedback…
The GoodElectronics Round Table that took place recently in Jakarta, Indonesia, issued a strong worded statement calling upon the electronics industry to ensure measures are taken to shield vulnerable workers from the negative effects of…
Priding itself upon its transparency, computer giant Dell is pre-annoucing that by mid 2009 it will disclose 95% of its suppliers in the next next corporate responsibility report.As Dell puts it, disclosing a list of…
Thursday November 13, 2008, a meeting took place in the ongoing negotiations between labour union EEALU, representatives of Hoya Glass Disk (Thailand) and officials of the Thai Ministry of Labour in Lamphun province. This time…
Pollution, child labour and high death rates in the mines were among the problems exposed by makeITfair last year in mining areas that supply minerals to the electronics industry. Under pressure from the makeITfair campaign,…