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News / October 16, 2018

GE statement on the situation of striking workers of SMT Philippines, Inc. 

GoodElectronics Network representing organisations and individuals worldwide, including trade unions, labour and human rights organisations, environmental groups, academics, researchers and advocates from civil society organizations, expresses concerns on the situation of striking unionists and workers…

News / October 9, 2018

Epson and Toshiba Supplier Shuts Down Operation in the Middle of Bargaining Negotiation

Workers Decry Union Busting SMT Philippines Inc., a Japanese company producing and supplying USB for Toshiba and motherboard for EPSON printers closes operation without notice last, October 1, 2018, in what the workers’ union says…

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Publication / September 29, 2018

The Sino-Congolaise Des Mines Facing the Challenge of the Millennium

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Publication / September 1, 2018

Time for a Reboot

Monitoring in China’s Electronics Industry
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News / August 30, 2018

Battery production for electric vehicles planned in Europe

Press agency Reuters reports on plans to build 15 to 20 factories in Europe that will produce battery cells for electric cars. These include factories in Sweden, Germany,  Hungary, Finland, Poland and England. A major…

News / August 30, 2018

Chinese workers detained and attacked for organizing a union at Jasic Technology in ShenZhen

A group of workers of Shenzhen Jasic Technology Co., Ltd organized to exercise their right to Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining and setting up their own trade union according to the legal procedures. However,…

News / August 29, 2018

Shenzhen Jasic Technology: towards a worker-student coalition in China

by Jenny Chan – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Last month students and recent graduates from more than a dozen mainland Chinese universities stood up in solidarity support with workers of Jasic Technology, a private…

News / August 27, 2018

Samsung agrees to compensates sick electronics workers

Electronics company Samsung accepted the arbitration proposal on compensation for hundreds of South Korean workers that suffered from severe diseases such as leukemia caused by unsafe working conditions. The agreement was signed on July 24….

News / August 22, 2018

Cobalt mining in United States is gaining momentum

Cobalt is an important mineral for the manufacturing of batteries in electronics and electric vehicles. The fact that a couple of mining companies in the United States are staking claims at sites in Idaho, Montana…

News / August 15, 2018

Criminal liability of companies for human rights abuses

Andrew Smith and Alice Lepeuple from the English firm Corker Binning wrote a blog on holding companies criminally liable for human rights abuses from a judicial point of view. They describe the legal challenges that…

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