Press agency Reuters reports on plans to build 15 to 20 factories in Europe that will produce battery cells for electric cars. These include factories in Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Finland, Poland and England. A major…
A group of workers of Shenzhen Jasic Technology Co., Ltd organized to exercise their right to Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining and setting up their own trade union according to the legal procedures. However,…
by Jenny Chan – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Last month students and recent graduates from more than a dozen mainland Chinese universities stood up in solidarity support with workers of Jasic Technology, a private…
Electronics company Samsung accepted the arbitration proposal on compensation for hundreds of South Korean workers that suffered from severe diseases such as leukemia caused by unsafe working conditions. The agreement was signed on July 24….
Cobalt is an important mineral for the manufacturing of batteries in electronics and electric vehicles. The fact that a couple of mining companies in the United States are staking claims at sites in Idaho, Montana…
Andrew Smith and Alice Lepeuple from the English firm Corker Binning wrote a blog on holding companies criminally liable for human rights abuses from a judicial point of view. They describe the legal challenges that…
The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei is on it’s way up. It recently passed Apple to become second-largest smartphone maker behind Samsung Electronics. In the second quarter of this year the shipments of Huawei have increased…
Energy trade unions from 50 countries are united in demanding a Just Transition to protect the rights and living standards of workers as the energy industry experiences massive change. More than 200 representatives from 70…
A recent market research predicts that China will sell 6.42 million of the 11.25 million electric vehicles worldwide by 2035 fostered by policies of the Chinese government. Europe is forecast to have the 2nd largest…
It’s been so long overdue that it’s looked hopelessly far off. However, the day finally has come—Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd has agreed to a binding arbitration framework that will likely compel one of the world’s…