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…
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…
China Electronics Technology Group (CETC), a state-owned Chinese company is alleged to commit human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslims group. The University of Manchester has terminated a research project with the company upon the allegations against…
An research published in 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 waste…
A report released by Business and Human Rights 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 to…
Close to a year into the country’s community quarantine and more than a year into the global pandemic, Filipino workers and their families are mired in deepening poverty due to unabated rise in prices of…
The Restart Project interviewed Omana George, the Monitoring Coordinator of Electronics Watch, on Covid-19, the impact on electronics workers, and current trends. She talked about the current situation of electronics workers under Covid-19. Omana said…
On January 28, 2021, IndustriAll Global Union held a webinar on Trade and Industrial Policy. The webinar participated by researchers and union representation from Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific. One of the highlights of…
Swedwatch has just released its latest report on the impacts of hazardous chemicals on how women workers in electronic factories in the Philippines are exposed to a wide range of hazardous chemicals at work….
A report published by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and the Strategic Alliance for International Chemicals Management (SAICM) shows the impacts of chemicals on women, gender aspects of chemical exposure, and recommendation steps. Although chemicals…