Electrolux Thailand is under fire for the unfair dismissal of union leaders and union members at its Rayong Plant. The GoodElectronics Network and GoodElectronics Thailand are calling upon Electrolux to respect the rights of workers…
PKC, a Finnish auto-parts supplier, is criticised for sacking workers and blocking free and fair elections at its Mexican plant. IndustriALL is heading the global protests and calls for union rights in Mexico. Join the…
SACOM (Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior) is an NGO advocating for labor rights in China. SACOM conducts first-hand research to monitor corporate labor practices in supply chains of multi-national corporations such as Apple, and…
‘Digitally tagging’ flagship stores with ‘digital graffiti’, the Friends of the Earth campaign ‘Make it Better’ has gone virtual to question Apple and Samsung about the origin of the environmentally unfriendly tin used in their…
In its 2013 Supplier Responsibility report Apple generally stresses the adequacy of its policies and the supposed advances it has made on worker rights. Apple writes about monitoring the progress of corrective actions at Foxconn,…
A statement initiated by Malaysian labour groups and endorsed by 75 human rights organisations from all over the world, calls on the Malaysian government to immediately rescind the decision to allow employers of migrant workers…
January 10th, a strike erupted at a Foxconn production facility in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province, China. 3,000 workers put down work to protest dire living conditons and demand higher pay. Labour group Students and Scholars Against…
Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) is currently the largest growing waste stream. It is hazardous, complex and expensive to treat in an environmentally sound manner, and there is a general lack of legislation or enforcement…
After six years of campaigns and petitions over 56 occupational-disease deaths at the world’s largest chip maker, SHARPS has agreed to enter dialogue with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. over the question of compensation for the…