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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
September 12, 2008, Dell is organising a Stakeholder Forum in Berlin, Germany. The dialogue is timed to coincide with the Electronics Goes Green conference also taking place in Berlin the same week.Dell presents this forum…
On 26 June 2008, Acer announced that its application to become an Applicant Member of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) has been approved. In a press release Acer highlights the importance of a “structured…
Article in the China Labour Bulletin analyses upcoming changes in China’s labour regulations. A crucial turning point in the history of China’s trade union movement may have been reached. For the first time since 1949,…