A petition was launched about the important votes this week in Brussels on the ecodesign of energy-using products. This petition will show European decision-makers that it is urgent to adopt ambitious policies on major electrical…
Workers at the electronics components company PT Livatec have succeeded in regaining the majority of their unpaid wages by auctioning all of the factory’s moveable assets.Workers in Indonesia take things into their own hands after…
During the annual trade show for information and telecommunications technology, the CeBIT – held from March 3-8 in Hannover, Germany – makeITfair calls for ‘green’ IT products. Green products, according to MakeITFair, are not only…
The toxic tide of e-waste will be lessened now that electronics giant Philips has agreed to begin to take responsibility for recycling its own products. The more toxic components there are in a product the…
Following a three-year undercover investigation, Greenpeace has shown once again that electronic waste – like your old TV set – still isn’t being responsibly recycled like it’s supposed to be. Instead, e-waste is being disguised…
As the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona on 16 February, Global Witness is calling on mobile phone manufacturers to audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict in eastern…
Today, in a special session, trade unions representing Nokia workers in Finland meet with Nokia managers to discuss the ongoing labour rights dispute between Nokia and workers of its Mexican plant in Reynosa. Mexican labour…
The year 2009 is significant in many ways for the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is the 90th anniversary of the founding of the ILO, the 10th anniversary of its gender equality action plan and…