Foxconn India management’s defiance to recognise the demands of the Foxconn India Thozhilalar Sangam (FITS) union affiliated to the Centre of India Trade Unions (CITU), on wages and reinstatement of 23 workers, caused workers to…
At the occasion of the Korea Electronics Grand Fair 2010 which was opened today by Samsung, labour rights groups are calling for the commemoration of the workers who are suffering or died from occupational disease…
In the following joint press statement, GoodElectronics, SACOM, Bread for All, makeITfair and the IMF summarise the key finding of the report on substandard wages, excessive working hours, shocking corporate management systems, forced relocation of…
Asian and international labour groups are sounding the alarm over the dreaded deportation of Burmese workers who are working with JVC Manufacturing Malaysia, in Selangor. The 23 women concerned are employed by Fast Link Trans…
A new report by Cividep looks into the mobile manufacturing industry in India. Apparent from the industrial analysis in this report is that companies have a great interest in staying in India. One such place…
At the occasion of the Nokia human rights summit on 29 and 30 September 2010 in Helsinki, the GoodElectronics Network and makeITfair are publishing an Open Letter to Nokia. The Open Letter is intended as…
Living Wage Analysis for the Dominican Republic The Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) performed a comprehensive market-basket analysis in order to establish a living wage standard for free trade zone apparel workers in the Dominican Republic….
The garment industry around the world is renowned for low wages, excessive overtime and poor working conditions. In many cases, even the legal minimum wages set for workers in the apparel industry fail to provide…
On 11 September, the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a ban on mining in the eastern provinces of the DRC. The full consequences are yet difficult to predict. Stock trading will continue, but the price…