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News / July 8, 2011

Principles and guidelines for innovative worker training programmes

GoodElectronics and makeITfair have developed a set of principles and guidelines for innovative worker trainings focused on workers’ empowerment.These principles and guidelines are the outcome of the work conference ‘Workers’ empowerment through training Complementary roles…

News / July 1, 2011

Full trial Charles Hector adjourned. New dates: 24-26 August 2011

Malaysian human rights defender Charles Hector is facing trial in court for alleged defamation of Japanese electronics company Asahi Kosei. The dates of the full trial were set for June 28 and 29, but at…

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Publication / July 1, 2011

Principles and Guidelines for innovative worker training programmes

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Publication / July 1, 2011

Roundtable on conflict minerals legislation

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News / June 27, 2011

Electronics company sues human rights defender for $3.3 million.

Japanese-owned electronics company Asahi Kosei sues Malaysian human rights defender for $3.3 million. The trial is scheduled to start on 27 June 2011. At stake the labour rights of migrant workers and the freedom of…

News / June 20, 2011

The North Kivu mining sector: report on the reopening of the mines

Economic operators in the mining sector in East Congo, incl the army and representatives of artisanal diggers, met to discuss issues at stake and challenges ahead now the temporary mining ban has been lifted.On 16…

News / June 16, 2011

Throwaway Labour: The exploitation of Chinese “trainees” in Japan

A new research report published today by China Labour Bulletin examines in detail how this conveyor belt supplying cheap Chinese labour to Japan developed over the last decade, and shows that while Japanese employers and…

News / June 16, 2011

Fair, safe and legal working conditions begin with hiring

Whether you are a brand, supplier, government, investor, anti-slavery or labor-rights organization, social auditor, or certifier, your approach to protecting migrant workers is not complete unless it includes a focus on the path that workers…

News / June 16, 2011

ICCR Social Sustainability Resource Guide

Corporate social responsibility departments are now established at most Fortune 500 companies overseeing a range of initiatives from community investing to micro-financing to improved trainings for employees. But if these corporate initiatives are designed, implemented…

News / June 16, 2011

Waking from a ten-year dream: Migrant workers in Dongguan, China

36-year old Lü Linjuan and her husband first settled in Dongguan ten years ago, hoping to create a better life for themselves and their family by laboring in China’s factory to the world. Until last…

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