Labour conditions at foreign electronics manufacturing companies in Brazil
Case studies of Samsung, LGE and Foxconn
Samsung
Samsung in flames
Report reveals victim stories of chemical poisoning in electronics industry in China
The GoodElectronics Network’s latest report ‘Poisonous Pearl’ focuses on the experiences of (former) workers in the electronics industry in China who are victims of chemical poisoning. The health of all the workers in the report…
The Poisonous Pearl
Occupational chemical poisoning in the electronics industry in the Pearl River Delta, People’s Republic of China
Gold from children’s hands
Use of child-mined gold by the electronics sector
Brazil, the new manufacturing hotspot for electronics?
In recent years, several electronics multinationals set up business in Brazil. It looked as if Brazil would become the next global manufacturing hub. In this paper SOMO and Repórter Brasil aim to provide an overview…
Brazil, the new manufacturing hotspot for electronics?
How ‘Corporate Responsibility’ Campaigns Can Actually End Up Hurting Workers
After a scathing report revealed evidence of child labor at a supplier factory used by Samsung, the corporation’s damage control kicked into high gear. The firm immediately announced it would halt its business with the…
Migrant workers in Malaysian electronics industry face atrocious working conditions
Migrant workers in Malaysia’s electronics industry are heavily indebted by the time they start working because of extortionate fees of recruitment agencies. Migrant workers are paid less, sometimes even only half, of what they were…
Outsourcing Labour
Migrant labour rights in Malaysia’s electronics industry
Flexibility problematic for Hungarian electronics workers
Wages too low to support a family, circumvention of overtime payments violating international standards, 12-hour shifts and temporary agency workers exceeding the number of permanent workers in times of peak production. Many of the labour…
Workers’ rights in the global electronics sector
Report of the May 2012 makeITfair and GoodElectronics Round Table
Digital camera companies in Vietnam risk wildcat strikes due to poor social dialogue in their factories
MakeITfair’s report “Out of focus” on digital camera companies in Vietnam reveals that the major issue faced by workers is the lack of freedom of association and collective bargaining power. Although the Vietnamese labour law…
Best practices in sustainable public procurement of IT hardware in Europe
In the context of the Procure IT Fair project, SOMO collected information on public institutions and other organisations in Europe that actively engage in the sustainable public procurement of IT hardware. Examples of procurement of…
Improvements mobile phone charger manufacturer in Shenzhen
One of every two mobile phones is manufactured in China. In 2008, makeITfair published a report about poor working conditions at factories that mobile phone companies source from. One year later, two of the factories…
Mobile Phone Production in China
A follow-up report on two suppliers in Guangdong
Protective gear, but still illegal overtime in mobile phone factories
Every second mobile phone is produced in China. In 2008 SwedWatch and makeITfair released a report about the poor working conditions at electronics factories in China. One year later, two of the factories, which manufacture…
Silenced to Deliver
Mobile phone manufacturing in China and the Philippines
