According to the Express News Service, workers who came under exposure of mysterious gas leak at Foxconn factory in Sriperumbudur were admitted to Ramachandra Medical College Hospital, Porur, on Saturday morning (24th July) with complaints of giddiness, nausea and breathlessness. Later, all but 15 of them, were discharged after treatment. Of the remaining 15, five remained in [...]

Industrial unrest has been spreading through China’s factories, with strikes breaking out in the south, east and north. China correspondent Damian Grammaticas has been to the industrial heartland in southern Guangdong province to examine why the strikes are happening and what the implications are. It is 0730 local time in Shenzhen, China’s factory heartland, and [...]

A string of suicides at a factory in China owned by Taiwan firm Foxconn has highlighted what some say is a stressful working environment for migrant workers. Foxconn says it is employing trained counsellors and installing more leisure facilities at the factory in Shenzhen to help its staff, as well as increasing salaries to boost [...]

On 31 March 2010, 23-year-old Park Ji-yeon died of leukaemia. She contracted the blood cancer at the age of 20 after working at the Samsung semiconductor factory in Onyang, South Korea. Her case is part of a cancer cluster affecting workers at the microelectronics giant. Samsung’s response to a high profile campaign for justice for [...]

The families and friends of electronics manufacturing workers at Samsung in Korea have discovered a cancer cluster among young workers exposed to toxic chemicals. The pattern of cancer deaths bears a striking resemblance to the pattern of cancer deaths among IBM “chip” workers in the US and to other electronics cancer clusters around the world. [...]

The Asian Transnational Corporation Monitoring Network (ATNC) expresses deep regret over the Korean government’s announcement that it has granted a special presidential pardon for Samsung’s ex-chairman Mr. Lee Kun-hee on December 31, 2009. This special amnesty came out just four months after Mr. Lee was convicted for tax evasion and illegal bond trading, done for [...]

JAKARTA, 11 December 2009 (IRIN) – A lack of regulations is hampering Indonesia’s efforts to manage electronic waste, leaving communities exposed to health hazards from the toxic chemicals, officials and experts say. Along with other developing countries such as China, Indonesia is a destination for old electronics from developed countries in a trade deemed illegal [...]

The electronics sector has up to 5,000 job vacancies for semi-skilled workers in Ayutthaya province alone, the Federation of Thai Industries said Monday. Ayutthaya is home to a well-known cluster of electronics manufacturers and global brands, such as US-based Western Digital (WD), Canon, and Minibea. About half of the province’s total 240,000 industrial workers are [...]

To sign the petition online, go to: 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. One of Apple’s major suppliers, WINTEK, is recently facing a fight back from angry [...]

Several newspapers and websites reported that Nikon (Thailand) is laying off at least 2,600 workers in Thailand. Accoridng to Thainewsland.com, Nikon (Thailand) labour union leader Tongchai Sithidej said company, based in Ayutthaya’s Rojana Industrial Estate, on 20 November 2008 announced the termination of employment for 2,600 sub-contract workers without any advance notice. The workers claimed they were given [...]