At about 8 a.m. on 17 March 2010, a 17-year-old worker, Tian Yu, went to the window of her fourth story dorm room at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen and jumped. Tian Yu survived. Yet…
Workers in the electronics industry in the Chennai region of India face appalling labour conditions, says Laura Ceresna of Cividep on Austrian radio. She describes how young workers hailing from rural areas are made to…
For many of us, electronics are part of modern life – cell phones, laptops, TVs and a growing number of gadgets. Sadly, most of these electronics become obsolete or unwanted within one to three years…
On October 31, Choi Jong-beom killed himself in protest against Samsung’s harsh labor control. Choi worked 12-hour shifts in peak season, struggled with financial problems and suffered from management’s harassment. Choi is survived by his…
Following the recent tragic suicide by Ming Kunpeng, a 27-year old factory worker from China, who suffered from occupational leukaemia, GoodElectronics has addressed a letter to Dutch electronics company ASMI, the mother company of ASMPT…
Apple Inc. is nominated for the “Eyesore of the Year 2013″, because the company relocated parts of its production to Pegatron in June 2013, after worldwide protests against the working conditions at supplier Foxconn. It’s…
It is alleged that the ‘No-Union Policy’ has been the management principle of the Samsung group since it was established 75 years ago. According to information received, a lawmaker disclosed a document on October 14,…
Last Saturday, Chinese factory worker Ming Kunpeng sadly ended his life by jumping from the rooftop of the hospital where he was receiving treatment. His mother was sleeping in his room at the time and…
Fair Labor Association (FLA) has completed its verification at Apple supplier Foxconn. In the third and final “Foxconn Verification Status Report” released on 12 December 2013, FLA claims that 98.9 per cent of the corrective…
As the size of Apple’s cash reserves continues to mount, the company has come under increasing pressure to return more of those reserves to shareholders, through dividends and/or stock buy backs. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn…