An IndustriALL Global Union fact-finding mission in Febuary 2018 to Glencore’s copper and cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has uncovered alarming mistreatment of workers directly contradicting Glencore’s claims. Systemic human and…
The worldwide shipments in the smartphone market shows a decline of 6.3% in the fourth quarter of 2017. Overall Samsung remained at the top of the worldwide smartphone market in 2017. Only in the fourth…
As the Mexican Senate prepares to reconvene on February 1, Maqulia Solidarity Network (MSN) has published an Update on intensifying debate over two competing bills that will define whether and to what degree Mexico’s Constitutional…
Trade unions around the world demand the immediate release of Han Sang-gyun from prison, the president of Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), as well as the withdrawal of the charges against Lee Young-joo, the former General Secretary…
Revised Call for Nominations The Martin Ennals Award (MEA) will change its annual award cycle starting with the next Laureate announcement and ceremony. In recent years, the three finalists have been announced in April and…
After a year of imprisonment the vice president of the Samsung Group is free again in the same week his father has named as a suspect in a tax evasion case ($7.5 million). A panel…
The American chip company Qualcomm has rejected an revised offer ($121 billion) from Broadcom, but proposes a meeting. Broadcom’s first proposal in November 2017 (worth $ 105 billion) had been rejected without engaging further. However, this…
Last year, solar power became the fastest growing source of new energy, surpassing all other forms of power generation. Yet, despite the huge benefits of solar energy and its fundamental role in future energy development, there…
Worker Empowerment (WE) has concern for the minimum wage adjustment policy in China and conducted an investigation into wages and workers’ expenses in Guangdong Province. These surveys repeatedly show that the minimum wage policy is…
Samsung faces a lawsuit in the French courts for misleading advertising related to alleged workers’ rights violations. Two french non-governmental (NGO) firms – Sherpa and ActionAid France filed a lawsuit last week targeting Samsung Global and…