Last April 4th, some 90 civil society organisations from Malyasia and abroad called on Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas operating in Malaysia to recognise the Electronic Industry Employees Union Western Region Peninsular Malaysia (EIEUWR). The union…
After many months of preparation the German organisation NagerIT has started production and sales of the first version of what aims to become a truly fair trade electronic gadget: the fair computer mouse.After many months…
Earlier this year Friends of the Earth forced Samsung, Apple’s biggest rival, to confirm that it uses forest trashing tin in its products. Apple though is still refusing to go public about whether their phones…
Will Fairphone become the first ethically sourced smart phone? The Fairphone webshop is now open to public with a pr-eorder sale target of 5,000 to be reached on June 14th. However, many questions about the…
Last year, the Thai NGO Thai Labour Campaign (TLC) has published an even interesting concise position paper regarding the struggle for decent wages in the Thai electronics sector. Labor organisations in Thailand have accomplished a…
FLA has published a report outlining ongoing efforts by Apple’s largest supplier, Foxconn, to implement the 15-month action plan developed following FLA’s original investigation of three facilities in early 2012. Since FLA’s last verification in…
The Goma-based Pole Institute has issued a new paper regarding the sourcing of conflict metals in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Pole describes how the international efforts to institute a regulatory system for the mining…
A recent report conducted by a group of scholars and students from China and Hong Kong reveals that the high enrolment rate of Foxconn union is just window-dressing. The world’s biggest factory empire has never…
China Labor Watch reports about two new suicide cases at a Foxconn production production site in Zhengzhou, China. On April 24 and 27, two workers reportedly jumped to their deaths, jumping from an apartment building…
There is indication that the recent suicides at Foxconn Zhengzhou are related to stressful working conditions. Newly introduced rules require workers to work in silence, and spur on internal auditors to report on their fellow-workers….