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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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,…
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…
The work of GoodElectronics is mentioned by member Nicki Lisa Cole in an article about the challenges of fairtrade gold. She explains the difficulties in tracing gold used in electronics and jewelry, due to the lack…
Consumer demand for small devices has helped create a system where products are recycled via shredding, which is very much what it sounds like. Gadgets are essentially pulverized down to their smallest bits, after which…