Women make up approximately half of the 244 million migrants that work abroad, according to the United Nations. However, this group is among the most vulnerable to exploitation and discrimination according to a report by the…
China fast-tracks the approval process for the Shanghai listing of a core unit of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry (also known as Foxconn). This points to efforts by the Chinese government to lure Taiwanese businesses…
Competition in the Chinese smartphone market – the worlds largest – increases amid signs of maturity and declining shipments. China alone accounts for around 30% of global smartphone sales, but for the first time the…
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has put threats against factory workers and labour activists in Samsung’s Vietnamese factories on top of the agenda for the South Korean President Moon Jae-in during his visit to…
Broadcom’s latest bid of $140bn for its rival chip-maker, Qualcomm, has been blocked by the US on the grounds of national security. News / February 9, 2018 Qualcomm rejects Broadcom’s revised bid Qualcomm is one of…
China Labor Watch (CLW) criticise Apple on it’s 2017 Supplier Responsibility Report, sending an email to Apple’s CEO citing evidence of continuing violations in its supply chain. CLW expressed concerns about Apple’s supplier responsibility standards and…
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…