Article in the China Labour Bulletin analyses upcoming changes in China’s labour regulations. A crucial turning point in the history of China’s trade union movement may have been reached. For the first time since 1949,…
In May 2007, SOMO published two reports on Acer, a Company Profile and a CSR Company Profile. Both documents have now been translated into Chinese by the Taiwan Labor Information & Education Association TLIEA.The documents…
In a joint statement, Bread for All and Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior address GeSi and EICC regarding their weak responses to the ‘One Year Follow Up Report on Working Conditions in China’s Electronic…
Critical statement by Bread for All and Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior addressing the electronics sector’s sustainability initiatives concerning working Conditions in ChinaIn May 2008, Bread for All (BFA) and Students & Scholars Against…
A Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) team will be conducting primary research on the impact of e-waste in India. SVTC’s executive director Sheila Davis, intern Serena, and Lauren Ornelas, Campaign Director of SVTC, will be…
The Greenpeace report “Chemical contamination at e-waste recycling and disposal sites in Ghana”, released on August 5th 2008, exposes the extent of environmental contamination caused by recycling and disposal of e-waste in Ghana. Analysis of…
In a short paper F. Weyzig of SOMO describes the current trade union situation at Sanmina SCI Systems in México (Sanmina), a supplier of Philips, on the basis of information provided by CEREAL. Sanmina has…
One year into its campaign, makeITfair, a coalition of environmental and human rights organisations, receives promising commitments from the electronics industry. The campaign urges companies to translate these commitments into concrete actions.”makeITfair welcomes these reactions…
The American NGO As You Sow is successful in its effort to push Best Buy, the largest US electronics retailers to offer free take back of electronic waste in more than 10 of its US…
Following a commitment made to AYS by Target Stores last fall, three more giant retail chains will begin to reduce their use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in their products. As You Sow’s Associate Director,…