Report: Paying the price for flexibility – workers’ experiences in the electronics industry in Mexico
Governing health and safety at lower tiers of the computer industry global value chain
IBM workers’ unions call for halt to job cuts
Trade unions representing IBM workers around the world have called for an urgent moratorium on job cuts and for meaningful dialogue with the company following intense media speculation about restructuring at the troubled multinational.Trade unions…
Philippines: Strike at EPZ ends as victory for workers
In a part of the Philippines well-known for imposing a “no-union, no-strike” policy, 500 workers in the Export Processing Zone in Cavite are celebrating a victory in union recognition and a concluded collective agreement.In a…
GoodElectronics Network happy to welcome four new members
The GoodElectronics Network is happy to welcome four new members: Suthila Luenkam and the ITF Worker’s Union from Thailand, the Advocates of Science and Technology for the people (Agham) from the Philippines, and Nicki Lisa…
The University of Durham, the fifth founding member of Electronics Watch
The University of Durham becomes the fifth founding member of Electronics Watch, joining other European public sector buyers to push for better conditions for workers in the supply chains of brands they have contracts with,…
Case study: Electronics, mining and urban mining
Mining causes major damage to nature and environment and is partly superfluous if more metals would be reused. Besides that, responsible process of electronics prevents pollution in and around dumping-sites in Africa and Asia. These…
Analyzing labour conditions of Pegatron and Foxconn: Apple’s low-cost reality
China Labor Watch (CLW) published a new report that investigates labour costs and conditions at two major Apple supplier manufacturers, Pegatron (Shanghai) and Foxconn (Longhua).China Labor Watch (CLW) published a new report that investigates labour…
Clean-IT demands social accountability for victims of cancer (among other occupational diseases) at Samsung
98 dead and more than 130 severely diseased: The Clean-IT campaign, Südwind and other NGOs publish these dolorous statistics on the occasion of the World Cancer Day on February 4th and demand that Samsung take…