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Best practices in factory training in China: Contribute to worker participation in improving working conditions
In March 2009, Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) organised a seminar to identify and discuss best practices in factory training in China. Representatives from fifteen Mainland and Hong Kong-based labour and women’s NGOs, along with academics…
Cutting Emissions, Transforming Jobs
Industrial workers’ unions meet to develop common position on climate change prior to the United Nations’ United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen in December.The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) is…
Apple succesfully challenged on laggard climate policies
Apple Inc. has dramatically improved its climate change reporting as requested by As You Sow in a shareholder proposal voted on by Apple shareholders last February. On Sept. 24, Apple released more extensive data about…
A to Z: Action against precarious work
The impact of the global financial crisis on precarious workers is the theme of IMF’s action this year. Affiliates are taking the fight to governments, calling on them to ensure equal rights for precarious workers…
Fair Phones: It’s your call
makeITfair releases a new report today that shows that the efforts of European mobile network operators, such as Vodafone and T-Mobile, to improve the social and environmental conditions in the mobile phone supply chain still…
Procure IT Fair launches company monitor
Today, the Procure IT Fair campaign launches its IT Company Monitor. This online tool publishes news items available online that deal with the environment, working conditions and human rights throughout the supply chains of the…
SOMO publishes Dutch buyers guide
SOMO, the Dutch partner of Procure IT Fair, publishes the Dutch version of the buyers’ guide today. The guide, which was already published in German and English is now also available for public buyers in…