On 29 June, the National Labor Committee released a 30-page report documenting the illegal and harsh sweatshop conditions at the Jabil Circuit factory in Guangzhou, China. Reportedly, over 6,000 workers -many of them illegal temporary…
A recently published report by the All-China Federation of Trade Union (ACFTU) explores the differences between the new generation of migrant workers in China and their parents’ generation, in terms of their backgrounds, their work-life…
HERproject, Health Enables Return, is a factory-based women’s health initiative by BSR that aims to provide positive benefits for women and business. Following the 2-3 June 2010 partner meeting, BSR has now published the ‘Guidance…
On May 28th, under mounting pressure from labor rights group and concerned scholars around the world, the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) Board of Directors expressed that they were saddened about the loss of life…
Today, Procure IT Fair launches an online petition urging European universities and polytechnics to include social criteria into their procurement processes and to endorse a resolution ensuring social responsibility in the procurement of computers at…
Verité has examined the role of labor brokers in supply chain production. There is no industry more dynamic and global than that of electrical and electronics manufacturing, and thus it served as an excellent sector…
Ten dead and 300 injured”. This is not the toll of a natural disaster, but of the repression faced by workers attempting to exercise their trade union rights during 2009 in the Asia-Pacific region. The…
The WIDE Annual Conference “Migration in the Context of Globalisation: Women’s Human Rights at risk”, which recently took place in Romania critically assessed how in times of crises, migration, trade, economic development and globalization impact…
Philips minimizes the influence of works councils and trade unions at all levels of participation in Europe. Representatives hardly ever have an opportunity to have a dialogue at a strategic level. Part of Philips European…
News about the suicides among the Foxconn labour force in China has also reached Mexico. The Mexican media pointed out that Foxconn also has factories in Guadalajara and other cities in Mexico, and it was…