End of March, seven workers died at the Katanga mining company’s copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports IndustriALL Global Union. The mine is 75 per cent owned by Swiss giant…
40,000 Verizon workers are protesting against proposals by one of the biggest providers of broadband, mobile and wireless communication services in the USA to close call centres in favour of outsourcing and sending work offshore….
The GoodElectronics Network is happy to welcome the Thai Asahi Glass Labour Union as a new member. The union represents workers from the AGC Flat Glass factory in the Chonburi province in Thailand. The AGC…
An employee of a Korean Samsung Electronics’ chemicals supplier has petitioned for workers compensation after being diagnosed with leukemia—yet another sign that Samsung’s cosmetic efforts to improve workers safety, and brazen attempts to deny rightful…
On March 30, 2016 Apple released its 10th Supplier Responsibility Progress Report. Two days later, on April 1, the latest UK Higher Education Framework Agreement for Apple products went live. It includes the Electronics Watch…
AFREWATCH was invited by the GoodElectronics Network to speak at the GoodElectronics Round Table “Responsible Mining for Electronics” on 19 April in The Hague. Emmanuel Umpala Nkumba, director of the nonprofit organisation AFREWATCH, discusses his…
28 April is International Day to Commemorate Dead and Injured Workers. The day is celebrated around the world, and is also called International Workers’ Memorial Day, the Day of Mourning, or World Day for Safety…
Bloomberg reporter Shai Oster got access to a large Pegatron factory near Shanghai, where around 50,000 people assemble Apple iPhones. The fact a reporter was allowed inside could be a good sign, according to academic…