This policy brief by the Dutch Centre for research on multinational corporation SOMO focuses on the working conditions in Thailand’s hard disk drive industry and is meant for stakeholders that are interested to get to…
In September 2010, Cividep (India) published a report raising concerns about working conditions in mobile phone manufacturing plants at the Nokia campus of the Telecom Special Economic Zone in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, drawing on interviews…
The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) is proceeding with the preparations for an ambitious programme fro the global electronics sector. With an initial focus on China, IDH aims at contributing to improving the working conditions of…
Recently, the ILO Better Work Programme released the executive summary of a scoping study into the feasibility of a Better Work programme in the electronics industry. Leading brands and suppliers expressed little immediate demand for…
Friday 3 December, the makeITfair campaign will take off in Belgium. makeITfair Belgium will give a press conference and release a report and a leaflet.Friday 3 December, the makeITfair campaign will take off in Belgium….
Today, a short film featuring coltan mining in Congo for mobile phones, is released by the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ). European companies impact the lives of people all over the world. While these…
On 25-26 November, GoodElectronics and makeITfair are organising an expert meeting on training of workers in the electronics industry. Besides unions, NGOs are active in providing training to workers to help them understand their rights….
Recently, the German NGO WEED released a report, entitled ‘Under pressure: working conditions and economic development in ICT production in Central and Eastern Europe’. The report attempts to provide a better understanding of the role…
Procure IT Fair has launched the new documentary: Blue Elephants – migrant workers in the Malaysian electronics industry. “Blue Elephants” documents the dire labour conditions ofof an Indonesian and an Nepali migrant worker who are…