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News / January 29, 2016

Samsung ends 2015 with another death, reports SHARPS

Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor industry (SHARPS) report on the death of Ms Lee Ji-hye, again another Samsung employee to die of cancer.Supporters for the Health And Rights of…

News / January 28, 2016

GoodElectronics Thailand annual meeting report

GoodElectronics Thailand (GET) organized its annual meeting among affiliated members at the Thai Confederation of Trade Union (TCTU) Office in Rayong Province on January 16 and 17. The purpose of the meeting was to work…

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News / January 22, 2016

New report: “Reducing E-Waste Through Purchasing Decisions”

The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), host agency for the Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI), recently announced the publication of a new research report (TR-061): “Reducing E-Waste Through Purchasing Decisions.The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), host agency…

News / January 22, 2016

SPERI report: supply chain audits fail to detect abuse

The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) launches a new series of Global Political Economy Briefs, starting with a Brief on ‘Ethical Audits and the Supply Chains of Global Corporations’. This new publication demonstrates that,…

News / January 22, 2016

New IDH website shows accomplishments

The Sustainable Trade Initiative (Dutch acronym IDH for Initiatief Duurzame Handel) has launched a website that shows what has been accomplished over the past five years in the Chinese electronics industry. The site explains the…

News / January 14, 2016

Basel Action Network applauds clean-up efforts at Guiyu, warns of new destinations

Mid-December, Jim Puckett, Executive Director of BAN and Lai Yun, Founder and Executive Director of the Society of Canton Nature Conservation, witnessed the recycling streets of Guiyu as a ghost-town. All operations were shuttered and…

News / January 13, 2016

Worker protests in Ciudad Juárez shine a light on ongoing workers’ rights violations in Mexico

Just across the US border with Texas, workers in Ciudad Juárez have been launching brave actions against global manufacturing giants to improve conditions in the low-wage maquiladora sector. Over the past six months, workers (…)…

News / January 13, 2016

Arrests approved of 4 Chinese labour activists – 2 released

On January 9, after 37 days of detention, Guangzhou labour activists Peng Jiayong and Deng Xiaoming were released and escorted back to their home towns. However, lawyers of fellow activists Zeng Feiyang, Meng Han, and…

News / January 7, 2016

IndustriALL condemns arrests of Thai union leaders

IndustriALL Global Union strongly condemns the Thai military government after it invoked new powers under the Public Assembly Act 2015 to arrest two union leaders in Bangkok yesterday (6 January). It followed a rally of…

News / January 6, 2016

Transport for London (TfL) joins Electronics Watch

Transport for London (TfL) has become the first public transport organisation to affiliate to Electronics Watch, providing €60,000 a year to fund long-term monitoring and improvement of factories, and gain access to intelligence from Electronics…

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