E-waste is a critical waste issue globally. The concerns in India are heightened due to rudimentary and environmentally unsafe recycling practices in the informal sector, which leads to massive pollution and toxic releases. Workers involved in dismantling…
An ITUC briefing explaining why trade unions must mobilise for protecting workers from hazardous substances, with key facts and figures. An ITUC Briefing explaining why trade unions must mobilise for protecting workers from hazardous substances,…
The federal government just dropped EPEAT from its green electronics standards. The policy change—made without warning or fanfare—was part of an updated executive order issued late last month, which simply omitted EPEAT from the government’s…
Hankyoreh21, a weekly magazine of South Korea, analyzed the compensation standards that Samsung had proposed in the mediation process to address workers’ death and health problems. According to Hankyoreh21’s analysis, only 14 people (8.5%) of…
Two courses are being offered to trade unionists around the world in June — one of them online — which you might be interested in.First, the Global Labour University is launching a free Massive Open…
Chen Yuelin is a 34-year old worker who contracted Chronic n-hexane poisoning while working in a sweatshop producing computer cases, luggage, and other bags for brands like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Samsonite in a factory called…
Restriction of freedom of association, lack of collective negotiations, wages below the official poverty line; Mexican labour group Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral (CEREAL) has published a report on working conditions in the electronics…
A judge at the National Labor Relations Board has found T-Mobile US guilty of engaging in nationwide labour law violations against workers. The unprecedented ruling comes following a rare move by the NLRB consolidating multiple…
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