On May 7 and 8, in Amsterdam, makeITfair and GoodElectronics hosted a round table for the electronic industry and civil society organisations. The aim was to discuss effective strategies to bring about lasting improvements of…
The Taiwanese company WINTEK is one of the world’s leading producers of small size mobile phone panels and touch panels, and one of the major suppliers to Apple. The past months, hundreds of workers were…
The May 2009 ‘On the Spot’ newsletter by GoodElectronics portrays the Ole Wolff Yantai Workplace Union. A unique initiative of Chinese women workers; a struggle for labour rights against all odds.This ‘On the Spot’ newsletter…
On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on May 17, thousands of signatories will put pressure on mobile phone companies across Europe to pay greater attention to fair labour standards.”This campaign, organised…
Dark side of the chip. The ‘clean rooms’ of the high-tech electronics industry actually use several toxic chemicals, an article by Amanda Hawes and Ted Smith. Forty years ago, the agricultural valley south of San…
The European automotive industry has submitted clear and concise R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative, announced by the EU last November 2008. The R&D priorities are outlined in…
Never before did so many electronics producers and civil society organizations meet to discuss labour issues in the electronics industry. Both recognize that the high demand for consumer electronics, like computers and mobile phones, has…
Taiwanese organisations including the Taiwan Labor Information and Education Association, are campaigning in support of workers fired by WINTEK. Wintek’s buyers, including Apple, have been addressed, as well as the Taiwanese government. A number of…
In 2004 SOMO started researching labour issues in the supply chains of computer companies. This resulted in different reports, company profiles, the launce of the makeITfair campaign and extensive consultation with the computer industry. Now…
