Taiwanese Wintek workers form workplace union
On 13 July, the founding ceremony of the Wintek Youshi Union or ‘Wintek Youth Union’ took place. The Wintek Youshi Union is a workplace union of workers at Wintek’s Youshi plant in Taiwan.On 13 July,…
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‘Buy it Fair’. Guideline for the sustainable procurement of computers
ProcureITfair publishes ‘Buy IT fair’, a guideline that shows how public institutions can avoid buying IT-products that were produced under violation of workers rights. With ‘Buy IT fair’ , ProcureITfair will intensify its efforts to…
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‘Legal and illegal blurred’ – FinnWatch’ update on tin production for consumer electronics in Indonesia
In ‘Legal and illegal blurred. Update on tin production for consumer electronics in Indonesia’, FinnWatch describes severe environmental destruction as a result of unregulated informal tin mining operations in Indonesia. The global electronics industry is…
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EICC-GeSI Supply Chain Mapping Project Update
The EICC-GeSI Supply Chain Mapping Project will investigate the supply chain for tin (solder), tantalum (capacitors and deposition targets), and cobalt (batteries and magnetic recording media) used in electronics. The purpose of this project is…
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Jabil (Blackberry cell phones) is forecasting a 30% increase in exports
Electronics manufacturing firm Jabil, producing Blackberry phones in Mexico is doing well, despite the economic crisis, forecasting a 30% increase in exports.Lilia Chacón and Elizabeth Ortiz of El Norte report that the electronics manufacturing firm…
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“No Choice but to Fight!” A documentation of battery women workers’ struggle for health and dignity
A new book on Chinese workers’ rights published by Globalization Monitor, with a introduction by Agnes Jongerius – president of the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation FNV.A documentation of battery women workers’ struggle for health and…
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HP/EDS management cannot muzzle workers’ representatives
UNI-Europa and EMF members in HP/EDS are extremely concerned about the management’s attempt to take advantage of the current crisis to undertake off-shoring to low-cost countries. In a joint press release dated 15 July 2009,…
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Dell publishes list of suppliers
Dell publishes a list of its suppliers, following in the footsteps of Hewlett Packard and Fujitsu.Dell has just published a list of its suppliers, following in the footsteps of Hewlett Packard and Fujitsu. Dell is…
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‘How do we connect?’ makeITfair and GoodElectronics Round Table report on-line
The report of the makeITfair and GoodElectronics may 2009 Round Table is now available on-line. The report gives a summary of the presentations that were made and the topics that were discussed during the meeting,…
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Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics – version 12, June 2009
The Greener Electronics Guide is Greenpeace’ way of getting the electronics industry to take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of its products. Greenpeace wants the industry to face up to the problem of e-waste and…