New chapters from Handbook on Indian labour laws
Cividep is a member of the Good Electronics Network from India, and is currently working on a handbook for factory workers on Indian labour laws in that country. The handbook is part of our Worker…
Cividep is a member of the Good Electronics Network from India, and is currently working on a handbook for factory workers on Indian labour laws in that country. The handbook is part of our Worker…
On the same day Apple Inc. is set to announce its fourth quarter financial results , the GoodElectronics Network and SOMO are publishing a paper that is critical of the company’s business model and impact…
Samsung Electronics has paid undisclosed sums to compensate about 30 victims of its occupational disease cluster after the victims signed a confidentiality agreement shielding the company from any further legal and financial liability, an opposition…
Following a 2013 report, China Labor Watch conducted another investigation of the working conditions at Pegatron’s Changshuo factory in Shanghai, which is currently producing the iPhone 6s. This new research, named ‘Something’s not right here’,…
The website of GE member organisation Repórter Brasil has been hacked. A series of investigative news articles which denounced important economic sectors has been changed or had parts of it deleted. The origins of the…
With the Sustainability Assessment Standard Framework (SASF) ‐ project the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) has set the ambitious goal of developing a comprehensive assessment tool to evaluate the environmental, social and utility aspects of ICT products and…
Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM), together with Worker Empowerment (WE), Globalization Monitor (GM), Left 21, Labour Education & Service Network (LESN), Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) staged a protest outside the Apple Store…
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) The ITUC represents 176 million workers in 162 countries and territories and has 328 national affiliates. has strongly criticised the decision of the Indonesian government to change the minimum…
On the World Day for Decent Work, October 7, IndustriALL Global Union has filed a complaint with the International Labour Organization (ILO) against the Royal Thai Government for serious violations of trade union rights. IndustriALL’s…
Western European universities spend billions on IT equipment produced by young Chinese students who are forced to work on production lines during so-called internships. This constitutes a gross violation of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)…