Labour Movement, Political Economy, Critics, Corporate Watch, Social Movement

Give Apple workers a voice in their future

Give Apple workers a voice in their future By joining the Fair Labor Association, Apple has embarked on its latest program of auditing its suppliers, ostensibly to investigate and remedy the appalling abuses in its supply chain that have been well documented and widely reported. While Apple claims that it is finally taking the issue seriously, its top-down auditing approach can never be a long-term solution to the systematic violations of labour rights that are occurring every day in the manufacture of electronic products. Indeed, Apple promised in 2006 that auditing would protect the rights of workers in its global supply chain, with results that are all too apparent.

Chinese Employees Angry About Lack Of Benefits From Philips

April 12, 2010 http://www.chinatechnews.com/2010/04/12/11875-chinese-employees-angry-about-lack-of-benefits-from-philips More than ten people, all of whom were reported to be former employees of Philips, gathered outside Philips' Beijing office last week to demand that the company pay full social insurance contributions.

Glue Poisoning Causes Dozens to Suffer from Memory Loss

Glue Poisoning Causes Dozens to Suffer from Memory Loss

An investigation of dispatch Labour system in China

An investigation of dispatch Labour system in China

“Down with Corruption, Reclaim Our Land” ---Hong Kong Calling for worldwide support for Wukan’s fight for democracy

    The following is the petition from several Hong Kong NGOs to support Wukan’s struggle. Please enter the link and sign:
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