Labour precariousness in the electronics industry in Mexico
Covid-19, union processes and outsourcing
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GoodElectronics Annual Meeting 2021
GoodElectronics held its annual meeting online on 7 and 9 December 2021, with complementary sessions on 8 and 10 December to cover different time zones. Around 40 member representatives attended the meeting. Alejandro González (SOMO)…
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SETEM educates children on the impacts of the electronics industry
GoodElectronics member SETEM has created a set of educational materials to sensitise children from 13 to 18 years old on the environmental and human impacts of the global electronics industry. The training materials are meant…
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State of play and roadmap concepts: electronics sector
RE-SOURCING Deliverable 4.3
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Union win for Turkish workers producing Xiaomi smartphones
When Salcomp Turkey, which produces smartphones for Chinese Xiaomi, the second largest smartphone maker in the world, fired 170 workers for joining a union, the union members took action. At the end of September 2021,…
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New lithium mine in Nevada, new era of mining
A new lithium mine will soon be built in Nevada. The mine will be run by Lithium Nevada, a subsidiary of Canadian-owned Lithium Americas. Lithium Nevada will dig up the nation’s largest lithium supply in…
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Offshoring the Risks: Gendered Occupational Hazard in Malaysia and Indonesia
A newly published report by AMRC titled “Offshoring the Risk: Gendered Occupational Hazards in Malaysian and Indonesian Electronics Factories” studies the reproductive and general health problems caused by exposure to hazardous substances coupled with sweatshop…
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The University of Manchester quits the cooperation with CETC over alleged abuse against Uighur Muslims
China Electronics Technology Group (CETC), a state-owned Chinese company is allegedly committing human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslims group. The University of Manchester has terminated a research project with the company upon the allegations against…
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Musculoskeletal Disorder Symptoms among Workers e-waste workers in Ghana
A research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health studies the musculoskeletal disorder symptoms among workers in electronic waste recycling site in Ghana. Ghana is one of the biggest destinations of…
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Energy Transition should not be Built on Human Rights Abuses
A report released by Business and Human Rights Resource Centre early this month shows that between 2010 to 2020 there is a total of 276 human rights allegations against companies mining six key commodities vital…