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News / September 3, 2021

Chinese smart phone producer violates workers’ rights in Turkey

Management surrounded the factory with wire mesh to prevent any demonstrations. Workers are banned from using use their mobile phones, cutting off their communication with other workers. Although the Turkish constitution rules that “workers have…

News / August 30, 2021

After the Foxconn Suicides in China: A Roundtable on Labor, the State and Civil Society in Global Electronics

Eight researchers from Asia, Europe, North America have been seeking to tackle myriad problems of a global production system in which China is the world’s largest producer and exporter of consumer electronics products. Dying for…

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News / August 23, 2021

The geopolitics of lithium in Afghanistan

Geologists estimated that Afghanistan holds nearly $1 trillion in mineral wealth, including iron, copper, lithium, cobalt, and rare earth such as lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium. This wealth was remained untouched for decades. Now that the…

News / August 18, 2021

Semiconductor chips are thirsty for water

It takes more than 3,000 gallons of water to produce a cell phone. The production of semiconductor chips needs at least 2,000 gallons of water. Not to mention the water for mining the metal, making…

News / August 16, 2021

Calls for e-waste law grow louder

PRESSURE group, Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR), has added its voice to growing calls on government to expedite the drafting and actualisation of the electronic waste (e-waste) policy saying the continued approach was posing…

News / August 9, 2021

Samsung Electronics union and management to sign first collective agreement

Labor and management at Samsung Electronics are to sign a collective agreement Thursday, the first in the company’s history. The IT firm officially abandoned its controversial “no union” policy in 2019. According to the two…

News / August 7, 2021

Leading electronics companies commit toward zero exposure of chemicals to workers

The Clean Electronics Production Network recently anounced the Toward Zero Exposure program,  which has been endorsed by Apple, Dell Technologies, and HP Inc. in order to commit to accelerate efforts in chemical safety and raise…

News / August 4, 2021

Lithium battery fire

A lithium battery project facility in Victoria, Australia, was burning for more than three days. A Tesla battery bank caught fire while it was being set up in Moorabool on Friday morning and then spread…

Statement / August 4, 2021

PPL urgently needed as new Covid variants drive surge in cases – MWAP

The Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP) called on Congress to immediately legislate a paid pandemic leave amid rising cases of Covid 19 cases in Metro Manila and other cities due to the Delta variant….

News / July 26, 2021

Climate-change impacts of graphite production

Research has shown that natural graphite mining can cause dust emissions. The purification of battery-grade anode products requires high quantities of sodium hydroxide and hydrofluoric acid, which may be harmful to both human health and…

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