Civil society organisations from India and around the world are highly concerned about the recent spree of retrenching electronics workers in the Sriperumbudur industrial area in Tamil Nadu, India. The trend was set when Nokia…
T-Mobile has a record of offshoring jobs, intimidating and even humiliating workers. And now, with the media buzzing about a potential merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, some workers are scared that more jobs will be…
On May 13, GoodElectronics (GE), GoodElectronics Thailand (GET) and FNV Bondgenoten sent a letter to NXP Semiconductors Thailand expressing their deep concern over on-going labour issues. The company answered on May 27, but this raised…
An employee of Sony EMCS was dragged out of his workplace after he was ordered by HR that he no longer had to attend his job. He insisted the company to provide him with a…
On May 5 this year, 24 union officers of NXP Semiconductors in Cabuyao, the Philippines, were dismissed, following their refusal to work overtime on national public holidays. Upon this dismissal a wave of local protests…
As of June 30, 2014, Fundacja Kupuj Odpowiedzialnie (FKO)/Buy Responsibly Foundation has joined the GoodElectronics Network. The foundation, based in Krakow, focuses on sustainable development and environmental protection, responsible consumption and production, as well as…
It’s a $51 billion-a-year industry, driven by middlemen and brokers who deceive, import, abuse and profit from millions of individuals in 161 countries. Human trafficking and slavery is connected to almost every industry’s supply chain,…
People in their thirties and early forties usually have a broad range of topics to talk about: spouses, kids, work, etc. But when Mrs Park Min-suk (41) gets a phone call from old friends, it…
Since yesterday, 800 workers of the electronic company Build your Dreams (BYD) in Chennai, India are on strike. The workers are unsatisfied with the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) offered by the Chinese owned Nokia supplier,…
On July 2, a Global Day of Action in support of 24 sacked union leaders will be held. The day is organised to call on the giant electronics company NXP Semiconductors to bring back the…