Hoya Glass Disk (Thailand) dispute – will the union get an equal say?
Please join GoodElectronics in its Urgent Appeal and call upon Hoya Thailand, parent company Hoya Japan and the buyers to ensure that the labour union has an equal say in the resolution of the conflict,…
Review process EICC Code of Conduct
Chronology of events at Hoya Glass Disk Thailand after August 4, 2008
Sustainable procurement in a European context
Danish electronics factory accused of union busting in China
Ole Wolff, a Danish-owned electronics factory in China is accused of sacking trade unionists and refuses to follow a court order. ‘Not my responsibility’, says the company’s CEO.Ole Wolff refuses to recognise a workplace union…
Workers silenced while we talk
The mobile phone industry is often presented as a clean, unproblematic industry, but makeITfair’s new report ‘Silenced to Deliver’ shows that this is not the case. Workers’ rights in Asian mobile phone factories are severely…
EICC Code of Conduct up for revision. Submit comments now!
The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) offers interested parties the opportunity to submit suggestions for the revision of the EICC Code of Conduct.Transparent stakeholder consultation is clearly not EICC’s forte. GoodElectronics has requested an extension…
Organising precarious workers in Indonesia
The September 2008 issue of Metal World, the magazine of the International Metalworkers Federation (IMF), features an interesting article by Kristyne Peter on organising precarious workers in the Indonesian IT sector.A major challenge for unions…
Electronics Groes Green Conference, Berlin, September 7-10
From 7-10 September 2008 the international congress ‘Electronics goes green 2008+” will take place in Berlin, Germany.The Joint International Congress and Exhibition “Electronics Goes Green 2008+” is organised in conjunction with the “1st World ReUse…
