State of play and roadmap concepts: electronics sector
RE-SOURCING Deliverable 4.3
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Hands-off Nico Canave!! Hands-off Labor Rights Defenders!
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the harassment, threat and surveillance conducted against one of its staff, Giebdhart “Nico” Canave, 38 years old. Canave who is employed since April 2020…
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Union win for Turkish workers producing Xiaomi smartphones
When Salcomp Turkey, which produces smartphones for Chinese Xiaomi, the second largest smartphone maker in the world, fired 170 workers for joining a union, the union members took action. At the end of September 2021,…
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Two Daikin workers died of chemical exposure
Two workers at Daikin-America in Decatur were dead after dangerous chemical exposure. Wesley Rusk, who worked for Daikin for twenty years, died on August 10. Less than two months later, Will Delashaw died of allegedly…
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Top lithium producer Albemarle, union in Chile reach agreement, ending strike
SANTIAGO – Albemarle, the world’s top lithium producer, said on Wednesday it had reached a labor contract deal with a union at its Atacama salt flat plant, ending a month-long strike that had inflamed tensions…
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E-waste from Bitcoin mining
Cryptocurrency mining has a large carbon footprint. The process requires a computer process that consumes a massive amount of electricity. Other than that, the mining system also requires the latest, fastest, most energy-efficiency computer chips…
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Thousands protest demand the Government revoke commitment to Rio Tinto’s Lithium in Serbia
A rally in Belgrade organized by ecological groups demanded a ban on planned lithium mining in the Balkan countries. The protesters specifically demanded the government revoke their commitment to Rio Tinto. They expressed their discontent…
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Chile indigenous group asks regulators to suspend SQM’s permit
A group of Chilean indigenous communities asked the authorities to suspend SQM’s operating permits. SQM is short for Soquimich, the world’s second-biggest lithium producer. SQM is operating in the Atacama desert. The Atacama desert supplies…
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Chinese Supreme Court has ruled that 996 work culture is illegal
Chinese Supreme Court has ruled that 996 work culture is illegal. ‘996’ work culture is a practice where people work from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. According to China’s labor laws,…
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Code-29 in Turkey
The government of Turkey banned companies from terminating employment contracts as a response to the covid-19 pandemic crisis. However, there is an exemption. Companies still have the right to terminate employment contracts based on “immoral,…