Beginning on August 3, hundreds of workers at the Kesheng Technology factory in Suzhou, China protested after learning that the company planned to move operations without giving workers reasonable compensation. Kesheng, a major supplier of…
International gold refiners who use gold from Ghana may be benefitting from hazardous child labor in unlicensed mines, Human Rights Watch said in a report released mid-June. After the gold is refined, it is sold,…
GoodElectronics is proudly welcoming two new members: Advocates for Public Interest Law (APIL) from South Korea and Closing the Loop from the Netherlands. Want to join as well? Fill out the application form on our…
This book presents an informative overview of the evolving media labor scene, with important theoretical insights by media theorists, as well as a wide range of fascinating case studies that explore everything from workplace sites…
This interactive web-documentary about e-waste, published by AlJazeera, starts with a video/photo reportage on the daily life at Agbogbloshie. Visit aljazeera website From the daily life in the Agbogbloshie dump, the narrative shifts to the…
Five years ago there was one Repair Café in Amsterdam. Now there are 750, spread across eighteen countries, with the latest additions in Chile and Japan. Together, the volunteers of all these Repair Cafés repair…
An international drawing contest aimed at combatting forced labour was launched by the NGO Human Resources Without Borders (HRWB) in partnership with the Malaysian NGO Tenaganita. The outcome: an uncompromising collection of drawings, often harsh,…
The Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Mrs. Ploumen, has said that Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors has to live up to international labour standards. The Minister stated this position answering questions raised by…