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…
China Labour Watch, a US-based workers’ rights organisation, reports that a worker has died after jumping from a factory window on Saturday. Li Ming, aged 31, jumped to his death from a building in the…
The GoodElectronics network is happy to announce that, through the network’s sub-granting scheme, three of its member organisations will receive financial support for their activities in 2017. Through training, research, advocacy and the creation of…
A study conducted by the environmental NGO IPEN and Vietnam-based Center for Gender, Family and Environment in Development (CGFED), reveals the poor working conditions in Samsung’s Vietnamese smartphone production sites. The study focuses on interviews with 45 workers at two factories…