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Corporate social responsibility in the global electronics supply chain
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IT spending forecast to total $3.3 trillion, IT industry to return to growth in 2010
The IT industry will return to growth with 2010 IT spending forecast to total $3.3 trillion, a 3.3 percent increase from 2009, according to Gartner.Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, has published its…
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Groups call for global actions against Samsung on Workers’ Memorial Day April 28
On March 31, 2010, Park Ji-yeon — a young worker from Samsung’s Onyang semiconductor factory — died of leukemia at age 23. Her tragic death came less than one month after Samsung workers, their families,…
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Microsoft promises to address labour situation at supplier KYE
Microsoft states to be very concerned about the report by the National Labor Committee (NLC) alleging that conditions at a factory operated by KYE in Dongguan, China, were adversely impacting workers. KYE assembles and packages…
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Developments in semiconductor industry
Semiconductor manufacturers TSMC and UMC report sales increase; at the same time semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending declined.10 April 2010, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC published its March 2010 Sales Report, revealing that revenues for January…
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HP relocates from Scotland to Czech Republic. Job loss in Erskine: 800
800 workers at the HP site in Erskine, Scotland, UK, were recently told to be losing their jobs. HP has decided to relocate production to the Czech Republic. Workers working at the HP site were…
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Discarded mobile phones add up to tonnes of electronic waste in India
Toxics Dispatch #37 A huge amount of electronic waste is generated by discarded mobile phones in India. The Indian mobile phone market adds almost 10 million annual subscribers, writes Toxics Link in Toxics Dispatch #…
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Delhi change maker eliminates e-waste
Do you know that India alone generates more than 4 lakh tones of electronic waste, which is highly toxic in nature and requires appropriate technology and process for its sound management?, writes Toxics Link. If…
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Conditions and standards in the mobile phone manufacturing industry in India
A recent report by labour rights organisation Cividep shows that in the electronic sector wages are still below the living wage calculations, even if they seem to be comparatively better than in other manufacturing sectors…
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Rights groups protest as millions of Burmese migrants face deportation from Thailand
Over 2 million migrants have been threatened by the Royal Thai Government with deportation after February 28, 2010 if they fail to enter a complex “nationality verification” process. The International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) has joined…