Supplement to Border/Line Health & Safety — July 2009 Issue

Selected List of Reports on Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Issues and Labor Rights in the
Global Electronics Industry

  • Configuring Labour Rights; Labour conditions in the production of computer parts in the Philippines, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and the Philippine Workers’ Assistance Center (WAC), July 2009, posted at: www.somo.nl
  • Report: Round Table for the Electronics Industry and Civil Society Organizations; Improving Labour Standards in the Global Electronics Industry, Defining Strategies that Work, makeITfair and GoodElectronics, July 2009, posted at: www.goodelectronics.org
  • The Public Price of Success; The costs of the Nokia Telecom SEZ in Chennai for the government and workers, Citizen’s Research Collective on SEZ, June 2009, posted at: http://sez.icrindia.org
  • Labour Rights in Global Production Networks; An analysis of the apparel and electronics sector in Romania, Leonhard Plank, Cornelia Staritz and Karin Lukas, June 2009, posted at: www.goodelectronics.org
  • Computer Connections; Supply chain policies and practices of seven computer companies, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), May 2009, posted at: www.somo.nl
  • The EarthECycle Pittsburgh “Recycling” Scam, Basel Action Network (BAN), May 2009, posted at: www.ban.org
  • Out of Control: E-Waste trade flows from the EU to developing countries, SwedWatch, April 2009, posted at: www.swedwatch.org
  • Playing with Labour Rights; Music and game console manufacturing in China, FinnWatch, SACOM and SOMO, March 2009, posted at: http://makeitfair.org
  • Waste without borders in the EU? Transboundary shipments of waste, European Environment Agency, March 2009, posted at: www.eea.europa.eu
  • High Tech Misery in China, National Labor Committee, February 2009, posted at: www.nlcnet.org
  • Playing with Labor Rights: Music player and game console manufacturing in China, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), 2009, posted at: www.somo.nl
  • Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, January 2009, pasted at: www.svtc.org
  • Creating conditions for collective labour relations to improve labour rights in the electronics industry, Jenny Holdcroft, International Metalworkers Foundation, 2009, posted at:
  • 2008 Annual Report, Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, 2009, posted at www.eicc.info
  • Genuine Worker Participation – An Indispensable Key to Effective Global OHS, Garrett Brown, presentation to the PCIH, Tampa, FL, November 2008, posted at: www.igc.org/mhssn/PCIH08_GBrown.pdf
  •  “The Dirty Secret of Recycling Electronics,” Brian Elgin and Brian Grow, Business Week, October 27, 2008.
  • Silenced to Deliver: Mobile phone manufacturing in China and the Philippines, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), September 2008, posted at: www.somo.nl
  • Mobile Connections: Supply chain responsibility of 5 mobile phone companies, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), September 2008, posted at: www.somo.nl
  • Electronic Waste: EPA needs to better control harmful U.S. exports through stronger enforcement and more comprehensive regulation, United States Government Accountability Office, Report GAO-08-1044, August 2008, posted at: www.gao.gov
  • The Dark Side of Cyberspace, Scholars and Students Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), 2008, posted at: www.sacom.hk
  • High Tech, No Rights? One year follow-up report on working conditions in the electronics hardware sector in China, Scholars and Students Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), 2008, posted at: www.sacom.hk
  • Looking for Mickey Mouse’s Conscience – A survey of working conditions of Disney supplier factories in China, series of reports 2005-2008, Scholars and Students Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), 2008, posted at: www.sacom.hk
  •  “Export of Electronics Equipment Waste,” Joe LaDou and Sandra Lovegrove, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, Vol. 14, No. 1, January/March 2008, posted at: www.ijoeh.com
  • Connecting Components, Dividing Communities; Tin production for consumer electronics in the DR Congo and Indonesia, FinnWatch and makeITfair, December 2007, posted at: http://makeitfair.org
  • Gender Aspects; Production of Next-generation electronics in Poland, KARAT, December 2007, posted at: http://makeitfair.org
  • Capacitating Electronics: The corrosive effects of platinum and palladium mining on labour rights and communities, makeITfair, November 2007, posted at: http://makeitfair.org
  • Powering the Mobile World: Cobalt production for batteries in the DR Congo and Zambia, SwedWatch, November 2007, posted at: www.swedwatch.org
  • Electronics Multinational and Labour Rights in Mexico, Second report on working conditions in the Mexican electronics industry, Centre for Reflection and Action on Labour Issues (CEREAL), October 2007, posted at: www.goodelectronics.org
  • Challenging The Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry, Ted Smith, David A Sonnenfeld and David N Pellow, 2006, Temple University Press.
July 2009 – Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network