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The 55th Death from Samsung – Lee Yunjeong died from brain cancer

May 10, 2012 in News, Slideshow

http://stopsamsung.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/the-55th-death-from-samsung-lee-yunjeongfemale-age-32-died-from-brain-cancer-at-may-7th-10/ We lost another life of young Samsung worker at 7th May. This is the 55th Death from Samsung. Lee Yunjeong, who had been born in 1980, worked in Samsung semiconductor Assembly & Test factory in Onyang for six years from 1997 to 2003, and got diagnosis malignant Read more [...]

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Abolish the ‘Contractor for Labour’ system

May 8, 2012 in News

Withdraw the 2012 amendments to Employment Act 1955. We, the undersigned trade unions, civil society groups and organizations object to the actions of the government of Malaysia in destroying direct employment relationship between the principal, as employer, and their workers, as employees, with the latest amendments to the Employment Act 1955. The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) , which Read more [...]

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Abuses still exist in Olympic supply chains, says Playfair 2012

May 8, 2012 in News

Workers making Olympic sportswear for London 2012 for top brands and high street names including Adidas and Next are being paid poverty wages, forced to work excessive overtime and threatened with instant dismissal if they complain about working conditions, according to a new report from the Playfair 2012 campaign published today (Monday). You can find this release online at http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaigns/fair-games The Read more [...]

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The Truth about Tech

April 17, 2012 in News

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Give Apple workers a voice in their future

March 23, 2012 in News

Joint statement by International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), GoodElectronics, MakeITFair, Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM), and SumOfUs. 23 March 2012 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 Read more [...]

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2.3 million Filipino women render unpaid work, prone to abuse – think tank

March 12, 2012 in News

Despite current notions of female empowerment in workplaces, Filipino women workers still suffer from lower wages and lower quality jobs than their male counterparts, according to labor think-tank Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER). EILER said that based on the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics’ 2011 Gender Statistics on Labor and Employment, women bear the brunt Read more [...]

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