GoodElectronics Annual Report 2015
Open letter to the Dutch Presidency for effective EU law on conflict minerals
Civil society groups call for effective EU law on conflict minerals in letter to Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Member States of the European Union. Civil society organisations have…
Global supply chains: time for a new deal?
Ahead of the International Labour Organisation’s annual conference in Geneva, Judy Gearhart of the International Labour Rights Forum makes a case for discussing failed initiatives. A clear understanding of what has not worked to promote…
WAC denounces unfair Labor Practice/Union Busting of workers at C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corp.”
It was June 6, 2016 when the union, Tinig ng Mga Manggagawa sa C& F Mfg. Phils. Corp. or the Voice of the Workers in C&F Mfg. Phils. Corp., have filed for a Petition for…
Holding multinational companies accountable
Jyrki Raina, General Secretary of IndustriALL, addressed the International Labour Conference 2016 in Geneva in the context of the discussion on decent work in supply chains. He joined the global union movement in calling for…
S. Korean Gov’t declares malignant lymphoma occupational disease
In an unprecedented ruling, Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (KCOMWEL) on June 1 cited malignant lymphoma as an occupational disease and granted workers compensation to Park Hyo-soon, a former Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. employee who died…
Working people across United States of America stood up to Verizon and won
Working people at Verizon and Verizon Wireless have returned to work victorious after striking for 6 weeks. They have the pride of knowing their hard work resulted in big gains for themselves and their co-workers,…
Mexican union leader calls for immediate government action
Mexican trade union leader, Napoleon Gomez, is calling for the Mexican government to take immediate action to stop the grave violations of trade union rights in the country. Gomez, who is president of IndustriALL affiliate,…
Tell Apple to stop pushing iOS “upgrades” which sabotage older iPhones and iPads
Apple has been sabotaging devices for years with software “upgrades” that slow every iPhone and iPad except the very latest model. It’s a strategy called planned obsolescence, and its one of the ways that Apple…