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Unionised Philips workers made redundant in Indonesia
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E-waste Republic: must-see interactive web-documentary about e-waste
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…
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Already 750 Repair Cafés around the world
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…
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Drawing contest illustrates the problems of forced labour
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,…
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Dutch Minister answers parliamentary questions regarding NXP
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…
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‘Fair’ smartphones compared – Fairphone scores better than TCO-certified smartphones
A few days after the start of Fairphone’s pre-order campaign for its Fairphone 2, Südwind, SOMO and the GoodElectronics Network are publishing a comparitive review The report ‘TCO Certified Smartphones versus Fairphone. A comparison of…
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GoodElectronics ANNUAL REPORT 2014
The GoodElectronics Network is pleased to share with you our Annual Report 2014. Together with network members and project partners, we have been very active on many fronts. We are proud to highlight some of…
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Historic progress towards binding treaty on business and human rights
The first session of UN negotiations on legally binding rules for transnational corporations (TNCs) concluded on July 10th, with hopes high for the process towards a treaty that could finally bring justice and protection to…
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One-of-a-kind resource on workers’ health and safety
Health publisher Hesperian released a one-of-a-kind resource on workers’ health and safety. Drawing on the experiences of workers and health educators from every continent, this book aims to provide essential information to workers themselves, those…
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Agbogbloshie: a functional, profit-making recycling network
Last month, we witnessed remotely, thanks to citizen reporting, the forced and violent evictions of women, children, families and workers occurring in a part of Agbogbloshie, “Old Fadama”, a neighbourhood of Ghana’s capital city Accra….