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Suicide epidemic at Foxconn

Admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:07:52 +0000

By Ji Beibei
Source: Global Times. 13 May 2010.

Six worker suicides in less than five months have put the management of Taiwan-based company Foxconn under a microscope again after another of its employees jumped from a building and died Tuesday in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

Taiwan: Young Fast accepts fines for labor violation

Admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:35:55 +0000

Source: The China Post, 13 April 2010.

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Young Fast Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of small to medium-sized touch panel sensor (TPS) products, promised yesterday to review and improve employment policies after being accused of violating labor regulations.

Led by labor unions, company employees staged protests accusing the management of assigning students hired by the company to the night shift and forcing them to work more than eight hours per day.

Taiwan Nien Hsing factory danger to African children

Admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:10:17 +0000

Nothing grows here in the shadows. There is only desolation in the tired soil at Paballo Marumo’s cracked and filthy feet. Her shoes, the thin plastic sandals worn by children across the townships of southern Africa, are gone. “Stolen!” she tells me in her language, Sesotho. At eight years old she sits hopelessly at the bottom of the rubbish dump hierarchy.

TSMC May Become Taiwan`s 1st Hi-tech Firm With a Labor Union

Admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:59:33 +0000

Taipei, Aug. 4, 2009 (CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world`s leading contract IC maker, may become the first hi-tech company in Taiwan with a labor union.

Over 30 TSMC employees have expressed their willingness to organize a labor union via a website, dubbed `the association of labor rights of science park," set up by the Labor Party.

Petition for a Reduced Sentence for the Injured Worker Liu Hanghuang on Humanitarian Grounds

Admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:56:44 +0000

Sign the petition: http://www.gopetition.com/online/29119.html

On 16 June 2009, Liu Hanghuang, a factory worker in Dongguan, fatally stabbed two of his Taiwanese employers and left a third critically injured. This is definitely an unbearable tragedy for both sides, especially an irreparable regret for the family of the Taiwanese businessmen.

Report on Huawei's Handling of the Wintek CSR Event

Admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:02:53 +0000

Huawei has always been attaching great importance to the social responsibility of its suppliers and partners and insisting on purchasing goods based on business ethics unswervingly. According to international standards, such as SA8000, ISO14001, and OHSAS18001, Huawei has issued the Sourcing with Social Accountability to all its suppliers. All the suppliers of Huawei are required to observe the rules specified in the preceding procurement guide.

Labour groups call on Apple to stop accepting "exploitative" practices of its suppliers

Tue, 26 May 2009 16:21:52 +0000

Taiwancorpwatch

Yesterday morning(21/5), the Taipei-based National Federation of Independent Trade Unions (全國自主勞工聯盟) and eleven other labour rights organizations (see below) protested outside the offices of Apple Computer in Taipei against the exploitation of workers in Taiwan and China by Apple's major flat-panel supplier Wintek.

STOP EXPLOITING LABOURS, SAY NO TO BLOODY APPLE.

Tue, 19 May 2009 13:30:44 +0000

Protest against Apple Computer Taiwan

Time: 21 May 2009 (Thursday) AM10: 00 (about 60 people)
Place: Apple Computer Taiwan
(No.333, Sec. 2, Dunhua S. Rd., Da-an Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan)
Contact: Chu Wei-Li (0981-238-732)
English Contact: Torrent Pien([email protected]">[email protected])

Ex-WINTEK Workers Joined in Protest of Poor Working Condition

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:41:31 +0000

To sign the petition online, go to:

www.gopetition.com/online/27469.html
http://campaign.tw-npo.org/campaign/sign.php?id=2009042210484600

If you are holding an iPhone or an HTC in your hand, you might have contributed to the ordeals of nearly 8,000 factory workers in China and Taiwan, to speak of the least.

All workers united against sweatshops! Condemn WINTEK for exploiting labours

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:45:29 +0000

2009.04.20
National Federation of Independent Trade Unions, WINTEK bargaining team, Solidarity Union,Youth labor union 95

WINTEK Corporation (負責人黃顯雄，Headquarter: No.10, Jianguo Rd., Export processing district. Taichung County) was established in 1990. Its majors products include flat monitors such as LCD, LCM and touch panels, occupying the largest market share of touch panels and small-sized mobile phone panels, ranking among top 3 worldwide.