Responsible Mining: Conflict Minerals
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Cobalt blues
Environmental pollution and human rights violations in Katanga’s copper and cobalt mines
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No golden future
Use of child labour in gold mining in Uganda
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Lexmark conspiring together with Mexican state labour authorities to violate rights of workers
Organisations from across the world have signed on to a letter to Lexmark expressingoutrage and concern for workers at Lexmark’s factory in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Since last November hundreds of employees have been protesting…
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Alarming new statistics about mercury poisoning of Amazon Indians
A study from several Brazilian NGOs has revealed very high rates of mercury poisoning among the Indian Yanomami and Yekuana tribes in the Amazonian rainforest, caused by illegal gold mining activities. In one region, over…
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Study investigates impact China on electronics assembly Europe
The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) The European Trade Union Institute is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) which itself affiliates European trade unions into a single European…
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OLED suppliers compete for new iPhone orders
Potential suppliers of flexible OLED panels for Apple’s next generation of iPhones are competing for orders, according to Korean industry insiders. Apple has already ordered 60,000 panels from Samsung Display. Other companies that are in…
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Philippines all women union signs 5-year agreement with Korean employer
A Collective Bargaining Agreement was signed between the all women Hye Sung Workers Union (HSWU) – Independent and the management of Hye Sung Industries (Phils.) Inc. (HSIPI) management, on 4 December 2015. The CBA was…
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FITE demands end to gender discrimination at workplace in India
Commemorating International Women’s Day, Forum for Information Technology Employees (FITE) Chennai chapter, took to the streets, distributing leaflets around TIDEL Park on IT Corridor. The leaflet discussed various forms of discrimination women suffer within a…
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Gold mining operation sues activists in Thailand
A group of human rights defenders in Northeast Thailand has been forced into a frivolous and damaging case in court, due to their attempts to protect community resources against a gold mining operation. The electronics…