New Resources from Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network

(Updated January 2011)

 

2010 Occupational Health and Safety Articles & Reports

2010 Mexico Articles

2010 Global Factory Reports

2010 Global Development & Poverty

2010 Codes of Conduct

2010 China Factory Reports

2010 China Articles

2010 Global Electronics Articles

 

 

2010 Occupational Health and Safety Articles & Reports

David Michaels, OSHA at Forty: New Challenges and New Direction, speech on July 19, 2010, posted at www.osha.gov

David Michaels, OSHA’s Return to Basics, speech on October 6, 2010, posted at www.osha.gov

European Agency For Safety and Health at Work. Annual Summary for Safety and Health at Work. Rep. no. ISSN 1681-0155. European Agency For Safety and Health at Work, 2009. Print.

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Mainstreaming OSH into Business Management.  Jauary 18, 2010, posted on http://osha.europa.eu

Galloway, Shawn M. The Folly of Safety Training. June 1, 2010, posted at http://ohsonline.com/

Health and Safety Executive. Report by the Health and Safety Executive on the Control and Management of Hazardous Substances in Semiconductor Manufactures in Great Britain in 2009. 2010, posted at  www.hse.gov.uk.

International Labour Organization.  Plan of Action to Achieve Widespread Ratification and Effective Implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Instruments.  Convention No. 155, 2002 Protocol and Convention No. 187.  2010. www.ilo.org/global.

International Labor Rights Forum. Missed the Goal for Workers: the Reality of Soccer Ball Stitchers in Pakistan, India, China and Thailand.  June 7, 2010, posted at http://www.laborrights.org/

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene.  Commentary: Seven Challenges for the Future of Occupational Safety and Health.  7: D11-D18. April 2010.

National Labor Committee, Systematic Gross Violation of Human and Worker Rights Continue under the US-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, November 10, 2010, posted at www.nlcnet.org

National Labor Committee and CEADEL, A test case for the Guatemalan Government & the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Alianza Fashion, September 17, 2010, posted at www.nlcnet.org

Robson, Lynda; Stephenson, Carol; Schulte, Paul; Amick, Ben; Chan, Stella; Bielecky, Amber; Wang, Anna;  Heitdotting, Terri;  Irvin, Emma; Eggerth, Don; Peters, Robert; Clarke, Judy; Cullen, Kimberley;  Boldt, Lani;  Rotunda, Cathy;  Grubb, Paula.  A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Training and Education for the Protection of Workers.  Institute for Work & Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  2010.

Takala, Jukka; Hämäläinen, Päivi. “Globalization of Risks.” African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety: 19: 73.  2009.

Walter, Laura. AIHce 2010: The Future of Work and the Aging Work Force  May 25, 2010, posted at http://ehstoday.com

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2010 Mexico Articles

Brice, Arthur.  107 Slave Laborers Freed in Mexico City.  January 2010, posted at http://edition.cnn.com.

Caulfield, Norman. NAFTA and Labor in North America. University of Illinois Press, 2010.
International Monetary Fund Mexico.  Staff Report for the 2010 Article IV Consultation.  Western Hemisphere Department.  March 1, 2010.

International Monetary Fund.  IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation With Mexico.  Public Information Notice No. 10/39.  March 16, 2010. www.imf.org.

Marois, Thomas.  Workers, Banking, and Crisis in Mexico.  The Bullet: Socialist Project, E-Bulletin No. 323.  March 11, 2010, posted at www.socialistproject.ca/

Marosi, By Richard. Cal State System's Ban on Studying in Tijuana Draws Protest. May 23, 2010. posted at www.latimes.com

Paterson, Kent.  Border Militarization Continues in 2010. January 6, 2010, posted at www.americaspolicy.org.

Whitney, Mike.  Obama’s Role in the Militarization of Mexico:  An Interview With Laura Carlsen.  January 5, 2010, posted at  http://americas.irc-online.org.

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2010 Global Factory Reports

Akgun, Metin; Mirici, Arzu; Ucar, Elif Yilmazel; Kantarci, Mecit; Araz, Omer; Gorguer, Metin.  Silicosis in Turkish Denim Sandblasters.  Occupational Medicine 2006; 56: 554-558. Posted at http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org.

Asia Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims, ANROAV Newsletter: October- December 2009: 25th Year of the Bhopal Disaster, posted on www.anroav.org

Branfman, Fred. 5 Million Iraqis Killed, Maimed, Tortured, Displaced—Think That Bothers War Boosters? June 23, 2010, posted at www.truthdig.com

Cappuccio, Silvana. “Jeans, the Human Cost of a Fashion Icon.” HesaMag: #01.  Autumn-Winter 2009.

Central American Regional Campaign against Labor Flexibility.  Labor Flexibility Violates Labor Rights in Central America:  Trends and Cases.  May 21, 2010, posted at www.laborrights.org.

Dongfang, Han. Amid Honda and Foxconn Tragedies in China, a New Era of Worker Activism. June 17, 2010, posted at www.clb.org.

Fair Labor Association.  2009 Annual Report. January 1, 2009-December 31, 2009. June 2010, posted at www.fairlabor.org.

Fair Labor Association. Final Report of Labor Audit, In Factory Chi Fung. S. A. De C.V.  2010, posted at http://www.fairlabor.org.

International Labor Rights Forum. Missed the Goal for Workers: the Reality of Soccer Ball Stitchers in Pakistan, India, China and Thailand. International Labor Rights Forum. June 7, 2010, posted at www.laborrights.org

Jobin, Paul & Tseng, Yu-Hwei.  Guinea Pigs Go to Court:  Two Cases of Industrial Hazards (CMR) in Taiwan. Carcinogens, Mutagens, Reproductive Toxicants: the Politics of Limit Values and Low Doses in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries.  International Conference, University of Strasbourg, March 2010.

Kernaghan, Charles.  Hearts of Darkness.The National Labor Committee. February 2010, posted at  www.nlc.net.

Kot Kumlama ??çileri Dayan??ma Komitesi (Denim Sandblasting Workers Solidarity Committee). Sandblasting of Denim in Turkey. Kot Kumlama ??çileri Dayan??ma Komitesi. 2009, posted at http://www.kotiscileri.org/kategori/english

Lara, Guisella; Guerrero, Cristiam; Veloza, Patricia. Colombian Floriculture Report, February 2010.  Corporacion Cactus.  May 21, 2010, posted at www.laborrights.org

Lindholm, Henrik; Spauwen, Ivo; Vrieling, Margreet. Management System Audit Report, Kwintet Far East.  Fair Wear Foundation. February 2010, posted at www.fairwear.org

Markkanen, Pia.  Shoes, Glues and Homework:  Dangerous Work in the Global Footwear Industry.  Work, Health and Environment Series. 2009, posted at www.baywood.com.

National Labor Committee. Dirty Clothes: Nygard, Dillard’s, J.C. Penney, Wal-Mart, Linked to Human Trafficking and Abuse of Young Women in Jordan Sweatshop. April 14, 2010, posted at http://www.nlcnet.org/reports?id=0035.

National Labor Committee.  Hearts of Darkness:  Workers in India, Including Children, Will Die Young Grinding Gemstones for Valentine’s Day.  February 11, 2010, posted at www.nlcnet.org/

National Labor Committee.  NFL and Reebok Fumble: Women Paid 10 Cents to Sew $80 NFL Peyton Manning Jerseys.  February 4, 2010, posted at www.nlcnet.org

National Labor Committee.  Twenty-One Workers Die and 31 are Injured Sewing Sweaters in Bangladesh for H&M, Mark’s Work Wearhouse and Other Labels.  March 5, 2010, posted at www.nlcnet.org

Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer, Tulane University, Fourth Annual Report; Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Section in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana, September 30, 2010, posted at www.payson.tulane.edu

SACOM – Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour, Another Suicide case at Foxconn reveals predicament of workers remains, November 12, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

SACOM – Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour, Disney, Wal-Mart and ICTI, Together Make Workers Rights Violations Normal and Sustainable October 22, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

SACOM – Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour.  Investigative Report on Hangzhou Coca-Cola Bottling Plant: A Disaster Caused by the Dispatch Labour System!.  December 2009, posted at www.sacom.hk

SACOM – Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour, Tolerating Violations in the ICTI CARE Process: Tianyu Toys Keeps Failing to Meet Standards, August 10, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

SACOM – Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour, Wal-Mart Supplier Produces Severed Fingers and Hands, August 18, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

SACOM – Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour, Workers of Disney Supplier are illegally dismissed, November 25, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

SACOM – Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour, Workers as Machines: Military Management in Foxconn, October 12, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

Spauwen, Ivo.  Management System Audit Report: Buttonboss BV.  May 2010.  Fairwear Foundation. May 2010, posted at http://fairwear.org/.

Schmidle, Nicholas, Inside the Knockoff-Tennis-Show Factory, New York Times, August 19, 2010, accessible at www.nytimes.com

Scipes, Kim , AFL-CIO’s Secret War Against Developing Country Workers: Solidarity or Sabotage?, Lexington Books, August 2010, available from www.lexingtonbooks.com

Wick, Ingeborg.  Women Working in the Shadows:  The Informal Economy and Export Processing Zones. SÜDWIND Institut für Ökonomie und Ökumene.  March 2010, posted at http://www.suedwind-institut.de/.

Worker’s Rights Consortium.  Preliminary Report on Minimum Wage Violations in Bangalore, India.  March 4, 2010, posted www.workersrights.org/.

Worker’s Rights Consortium.  Update on Minimum Wage Violations in Bangalore, India.  April 28, 2010, posted at www.workersrights.org/.

Verité.  Help Wanted: Hiring, Human Trafficking and Slavery in the Global Economy—Indian Workers in Domestic Textile Production and Middle East-Based Manufacturing, Infrastructure, and Construction.  2010, posted at www.verite.org.

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2010 Global Development & Poverty

Bacon, David.  “Should We Defend Undocumented Workers?”  Truthout.  November 23, 2009.  www.truthout.org.

Bell, Stuart & Newitt, Kirsten.  Decent Work and Poverty Eradication: Literature Review and Two-Country Study—A Study for Decent Work and Labour Standards Forum.  Ergon Associates, January 2010.  www.ergononline.net.

Brenner, Joseph & Shaffer, Ellen R. Comments Concerning Proposed United States-Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement.  Office of the United States Trade Representative,  Center for Policy Analysis on Trade and Health.  January 25, 2010.  www.cpath.org.

Business for Social Responsibility.  Partnering with USAID: A Guide for Companies.  January 5, 2010. http://bsr.org/research/reports.cfm

Business for Social Responsibility HERProject.  Investing in Women for a Better World.  March 2010. http://bsr.org/reports/BSR_HERproject_Investing_In_Women.pdf.

CAFOD.  “CAFOD’s Rejoinder to GoldCorp’s Response to CAFOD Press Release:  “CAFOD and Development and Peace Canada Discover Evidence of Severe Water Contamination at Goldcorp Mine,” 2 December 2009.” January 12, 2010.

CAFOD.  “Honduras:  Evidence of Severe Water Contamination at GoldCorp Mine.”  January 2010. www.cafod.org/uk/news/.

Central American Regional Campaign against Labor Flexibility.  Labor Flexibility Violates Labor Rights in Central America:  Trends and Cases.  May 21, 2010. www.laborrights.org.

Cross, Jamie;  Van der Wal, Sanne;  de Haan, Esther.  Rough Cut: Sustainability Issues in the Colored Gemstone Industry.  SOMO,  February 2010.  http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3418.

David, Natasha.  Mauritania-Senegal:  Defending the Rights of Migrants.  International Trade Union Confederation. 2010.  www.ituc-csi.org.

Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University.  “Globalization and Sustainable Development.”  Publications , Researchers 2010. www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/policy_research/globalization.html.

Heymann, J & Earle, A.  Raising the Global Floor: Dismantling the Myth That We Can’t Afford Good Working Conditions for Everyone.  Stanford University Press, 2010.

Hollender, Rebecca & Schultz, Jim.  Bolivia and its Lithium:  Can the “Gold of the 21st Century”  Help Lift a Nation Out of Poverty?  Democracy Center, Special Report.  May 2010.

Karunananthan, Meera.  “Lessons From Uruguay’s Water Victory.”  January 20, 2010.  www.rabble.ca.

International Labor Rights Forum.  Broken Hearts: A Review of Industry Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor in the Cocoa Industry.   January 25, 2010.  www.laborrights.org.

International Labor Organization. Blunting Neoliberalism: Tripartism and Economic Reforms in the Developing World. 2010. www.ilo.org

International Labor Organization. In Search of Decent Work, Migrant Workers Rights: A Manual for Trade Unionists. www.ilo.org

International Labor Rights Forum. A Matter of Urgency:  US Compliance with ILO Convention No. 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor.  June 2010. www.laborrights.org.

International Labor Rights Forum.  Minimum Standards for Child Labor Provisions Are Essential for the ILO Convention on the Decent Work for Domestic Workers to Protect Child Workers. March 16, 2010.  http://www.laborrights.org.

International Labor Rights Forum. The Impact of China’s Labor Contract Law on Workers.  May 12, 2010. www.laborrights.org.

International  Labor Rights Forum & A Union of Professionals.  United States Policies to Address Child Labor Globally.  June 4, 2010. www.laborrights.org.

Maes, Marc; Eventon, Ross; Vander Stichele, Myriam; Tricarico, Antonio; Sensi, Roberto;  van Os, Roos; Eberhardt, Pia; Olivet, Cecilia; Gambina, Julio C.; Pérez-Rocha, Manuel.  Reclaiming Public Interest in Europe’s International Investment Policy:  EU Investment Agreements in the Lisbon Treaty Era: A Reader. Transnational Institute on behalf of the Investment Working Group of the Seattle to Brussels Network.  July 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3558/.

Maquila Solidarity Network.  “On Eve of Vancouver Games, MSN/PlayFair Campaign Launch Website Rating Sportswear Brands on Worker Rights.”  January 11, 2010. http://en.maquilasolidarity.org/PlayFair.

Ramesh, Jairam.  Ministry of Environments and Forests: Decision on Commercialisation of Bt-Brinjal.  February 2010.  http://www.ifg.org/index.htm.

Silverstein, Ken.  Shopping for Sweat: The Human Cost of a Two-Dollar T-Shirt.  Letter From Cambodia, Harper’s Magazine.  January 2010.

Smith, Sandy.  “A ‘Rights-Based Approach’ Needed to Meet the Needs of 105 Million Migrant Workers.”  EHS Today.  May 31, 2010.  http://ehstoday.com.

Wick, Ingeborg.  Women Working in the Shadows:  The Informal Economy and Export Processing Zones. SÜDWIND Institut für Ökonomie und Ökumene.  March 2010. http://www.suedwind-institut.de/.

Wise, Timothy A.  The True Cost of Cheap Food:  The Globalisation of the Food Market Has Made Food Cheap, But Who Is Benefiting.  Resurgence:  Issue 259, March/April 2010.

Wise, Timothy A. & Rakocy, Betsy.  Hogging the Gains from Trade:  The Real Winners from U.S. Trade and Agricultural Policies.  Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University.  Policy Brief No. 10-01, January 2010. http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae.

Venkateswarlu, Davaluri. Growing Up in the Danger Fields: Child and Adult Labour in Vegetable Seed Production in India.  International Labour Rights Forum, India Committee of the Netherlands, and Stop Child Labour—School is the Best Place to Work. June 2010. www.laborrights.org.

Venkateswarlu, Davaluri. Seeds of Child Labour:  Signs of Hope--  Child and Adult Labour in Cottonseed. International Labour Rights Forum, India Committee of the Netherlands, and Stop Child Labour—School is the Best Place to Work. June 2010. www.laborrights.org.

Verité.  Help Wanted: Hiring, Human Trafficking and Slavery in the Global Economy—Immigrante Workers in US Agriculture: The Role of Labor Brokers in Vulnerability to Forced Labor.  2010. www.verite.org.

Verité.  Help Wanted: Hiring, Human Trafficking and Slavery in the Global Economy—Summary Report.  2010. www.verite.org.

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2010 Codes of Conduct

Business for Social Responsibility.  Partnering with USAID: A Guide for Companies.  January 5, 2010. http://bsr.org/research/reports.cfm

Business for Social Responsibility HERProject.  Investing in Women for a Better World.  March 2010. http://bsr.org/reports/BSR_HERproject_Investing_In_Women.pdf.

Cross, Jamie;  Van der Wal, Sanne;  de Haan, Esther.  Rough Cut: Sustainability Issues in the Colored Gemstone Industry.  SOMO,  February 2010.  http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3418.

Ethecon.  Dossier on the Bestowal of the International Ethecon Negative Prize, Black Planet Award 2009 on the Wang Family, CEO Lee Chih-tsuen and Other Senior Executives of the Multinational Chemistry Company FORMOSA PLASTICS GROUP/Taiwan.  Foundation Conference.  November 21, 2009. www.ethecon.org.

European Commission.  Towards Greater Corporate Responsibility:  Conclusions of EU-Funded Research.  European Union.

International Labor Rights Forum.  Broken Hearts: A Review of Industry Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor in the Cocoa Industry.   January 25, 2010.  www.laborrights.org.

Kerckhoffs, Thijs & Wilde-Ramsing, Joseph. European Works Councils and Corporate Social Responsibility in the European Energy Sector. SOMO.  June 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3533/

MacDonald, Kate & Marshall, Shelley.  Fair Trade, Corporate Accountability and Beyond:  Experiments in Globalizing Justice.  Ashgate Publishing, February 2010. www.ashgate.com.

Oldenziel, Joris; Wilde-Ramsing, Joseph; Feeney, Patricia.  10 Years On:  Assessing the Contribution of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to Responsible Business Conduct.  OECD Watch. June 2010.  http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3550/.

Overeem, Pauline; van Huijstee, Mariette; van Os, Roos. Social Dialogue at Philips Lighting.  SOMO.  February 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3537/.

Play Fair 2012.  Olympic Organisations, Sportswear and Workers’ Rights: the Story So Far. http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/.

Silverstein, Ken.  Shopping for Sweat: The Human Cost of a Two-Dollar T-Shirt.  Letter From Cambodia, Harper’s Magazine.  January 2010.

SOMO.  Aegon: Overview of Controversial Business Practices 2009.  April 2010.  http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3477.

SOMO.  Ahold:  Overview of Controversial Business Practices 2009. April 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3469.

SOMO.  Annual Report 2008. March 2010. www.somo.nl.

SOMO.  Fugro: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009.  May 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3479.

SOMO.  Heineken: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009.  June 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3536/.

SOMO.  ING: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009.  July 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3564/.

SOMO.  KPN: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009.  April 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3468.

SOMO.  Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009.  May 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3481.

SOMO.  SBM Offshore:  Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009.  April 2010. www.somo.nl.

Steinweg, Tim.  Driven by Corporate Social Responsibility.  Top Ten Car Manufacturers: A CSR  Analysis. SOMO Paper , February 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3433.

Trades Union Congress.  A Trade Union Guide to Ethical Trade. UKAID.www.ethicaltrade.org.

Utz, Britta.  Report of the FES Parallel Event to the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council:  The “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework Debate on Recent Developments With John G. Ruggie, Followed By a Panel Debate on the Update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.  Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.  June 1, 2010. http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3539/.

Wiist, William H., editor. The Bottom Line or Public Health; Tactics corporations use to influence health and health policy, and what we can do to counter them. Oxford University Press. 2010. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Medicine/PublicHealth/?view=usa&ci=9780195375633.

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2010 China Factory Reports

Chan, Jenny. Dying Young: Suicide & China’s Booming Economy.  SACOM.  May 25, 2010, posted at http://sacom.hk/archives/640.

Chan, Jenny and Ngai Pun, Suicide as Protest for the New Generation of Chinese Migrant Workers: Foxconn, Global Capital, and the State, September 15, 2010, posted at www.japanfocus.org/-Jenny-Chan/3408

Chan, Jenny. Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Worker Participation in China:  What Can We Learn from the HP Labor Rights Training Program?. January 5, 2010.

Chen, Meei-shia & Chan, Anita.  Occupational Health and Safety China:  The Case of State-Managed Enterprises.  Workplace Health and Quality of Life:  International Surveys.  International Journal of Health Services;  Volume 40, Number 1, Pages 43-60.  2010, posted at http://baywood.com.

Chia, Tammy.  Kyodo News:  Schools for Migrant Children in Beijing Face Demolition. Kyodo News, China Labour Bulletin.  January 29, 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labour Bulletin.  Brick Factories in Hubei Continue to Use Forced Labour Despite “Crackdown.”  February 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labour Bulletin.  Call for Fairer Treatment for Migrant Children in Beijing Goes Unheeded.  February 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labour Bulletin. Coal Mine Accidents, Deaths Reportedly Down By About 20 Percent in 2009.  February 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labour Bulletin.  Coal Festive Cheer for Migrant Workers?.  February 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labour Bulletin.  “The Deadly 43 Minutes: Southern Weekend Reveals Causes of the Hegang Disaster.  February 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labour Bulletin. Government Media Supports Workers After Violent Demonstration at Taiwan-funded Enterprise.  February 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labour Bulletin.  The Intern Trap—Graduate Job Seekers Cheated and Exploited By Employers.  February 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labour Bulletin.  The Hard Road:  Seeking Justice for Victims of Pneumoconiosis in China. April 25, 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labor Bulletin, Random Thoughts on Factory Life [translation], July 21, 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk/en

China Labour Magazine.  China’s “Good News” for Workers Cannot Hide Harsh Reality. China Labor Bulletin. February 2, 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk.

China Labor Watch, Code of Conduct is No More than False Advertising, Disney Suppliers Continue Exploiting Chinese Workers, November 2010, posted at www.chinalaborwatch.org

China Labor Watch, Investigation Report of Two Walt Disney Factories, November 2010, posted at www.chinalaborwatch.org

China Labor Watch, An Investigation Report of Adidas Suppliers, Focusing on the Corporate Code of Conduct of International Corporations, October 28, 2010, posted at www.chinalaborwatch.org

China Labor Watch, Investigation of Illegal Conditions at Four Dollar General Supplier Sweatshops in China. August 10, 2010, posted at www.chinalaborwatch.org

Globalization Monitor. We Hold Maersk Dongguan Responsible for the Death of Mr. Mo. March 2010, posted at www.globalmon.org.hk.

He, Yonghua; Liang, Youxin; Wang, Xiaorong. Basic Occupational Health Services and Stakeholder’s Participation.  Letters, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. Posted at www.ijoeh.com.

Kernaghan, Charles. China’s Youth Meet Microsoft: KYE Factory in China Produces for Microsoft and other U.S.Companies.  The National Labor Committee.  April 2010, posted at www.nlcnet.org.

Dreyfuss, Robert, China in the Driver’s Seat: Progressives debate a new world order, The Nation, September 20, 2010, posted at www.thenation.com

Maplecroft, Labour standards remain critical risk for firms manufacturing in China, July 28, 2010, posted at www.maplecroft.com

Mak, Karin, Red Dust [Documentary Film], 2010, more information at www.reddustdocumentary.org

McLaughlin, Kathleen E. Silicon Sweatshops:  An Illness in Suzhou. GlobalPost.  March 17, 2010, posted at www.globalpost.com.

McLaughlin, Kathleen E.  Silicon Sweatshops: The Strange Death of Li Liang. GlobalPost.  March 17, 2010, posted at www.globalpost.com.

McLaughlin, Kathleen E. Silicon Sweatshops:  What’s a Worker Worth?. GlobalPost. March 17, 2010, posted at www.globalpost.com.

National Labor Committee. China’s Youth Meet Microsoft:  KYE Factory in China Produces For Microsoft and Other U.S. Companies.  April 13, 2010, posted at http://www.nlcnet.org/reports?id=0034.

National Labor Committee, U.S. -Owned High Tech Jabil Factory in China Run Like a Minimum Security Prison, July 2010, posted at www.nlcnet.org/reports

Occupational Knowledge International, BEST News: Better Environmental Sustainability Targets, May 2010, posted at www.okinternational.org

Scmidle, Nicholas, New York Times, Inside the Knockoff-Tennis-Shoe Factory, August 19, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior. Apple Owes Workers And Public a Response Over the Poisonings. May 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk.

Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior, Tolerating Violations in the ICTI CARE Process: Tianyu Toys Keeps Failing to Meet Standards, August 10, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior, Wal-Mart Supplier Produces Severed Fingers and Hands, August 18, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

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2010 China Articles

All China Federation of Trade Unions, Chinese trade union ACFTU publishes report on problems of migrant workers in China, July 2, 2010,posted at www.acftu.org

Anderson, Perry. “Two Revolutions, Rough Notes.” New Left Review, No. 61, January-February 2010.

Asia Foundation, Improving Women’s Working Conditions in the Pearl River Delta, July 2001, posted at www.asiafoundation.org

The Associated Press.  “China Teen Seen as Hero for Killing Local Official.” The New York Times.  January 20, 2010.  www.nytimes.com.

Barboza, David, Apple Making New Push Into China, July 8, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Barboza, David, Supply Chain for iPhone Highlights Costs in China, July 5, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Becker, Jeffrey & Elfstrom, Manfred.  The Impact of China’s Labor Contract Law on Workers.  International Labor Rights Forum.  May 12, 2010.

Blecher, Marc.  Globalization, Structural Reform, and Labour Politics in China.  Global Labor Journal.  Volume 1, Issue 1. 2010.

Bradsher, Keith, Government Figures Show a Cooling Chinese Economy, August 10, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Bradsher, Keith, In Crackdown on Energy Use, China to Shut 2,000 Factories, August 9, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Bu, Changli.  Restructuring State-Owned Enterprises and Preserving the Rights and Interests of Workers. Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley. 2010.

Chan, Anita, China: Labor unrest and role of unions, June 18, 2010, posted at www.chinadaily.com.cn

Chan, Jenny and Ngai Pun, Suicide as Protest for the New Generation of Chinese Migrant Workers: Foxconn, Global Capital, and the State, September 15, 2010, posted at www.japanfocus.org/-Jenny-Chan/3408

Chen, Meei-shia and Chan, Anita.  Occupational Health and Safety in China:  The Case of State-Managed Enterprises.  Workplace Health and Quality of Life: International Surveys.  International Journal of Health Services:  Volume 40, Number 1. 2010, posted at http://baywood.com.

China Labor Bulletin, Random Thoughts on Factory Life [translation], July 21, 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk/en

China Labour Bulletin. Support Guangdong’s efforts to establish a collective wage negotiation system a win for labour, employers and the government [translation], September 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk

China Labour Bulletin, Swimming against the Tide: A short history of labour conflict in China and the government’s attempts to control it, October 2010, posted at www.clb.org.hk

China Labor News Translations.  Chinese Labor NGOs and Free Legal Services Always in a Precarious Situation.  January 2010, posted at www.clntranslations.org

China Labor News Translations, China’s Union Facing Reorganization because of Labor Disputes: some regions trial elections [translated from China News Weekly], June 1, 2010, posted at www.clntranslations.org

China Labor News Translations, Open Letter from Nanhai District Trade Union and Shishan Township Union to Honda workers [translated from caing.com posting], June 1, 2010, www.clntranslations.org

China Labor News Translations, Plans for election of union chair at Nanhai Honda [tranlsated from Takungpao], June 14, 2010, www.clntranslations.org

China Labor News Translations, The Nanhai Honda strike and the union, July 19, 2010, posted at www.clntranslations.org

China Labor Watch, Code of Conduct is No More than False Advertising, Disney Suppliers Continue Exploiting Chinese Workers, November 2010, posted at www.chinalaborwatch.org

China Labor Watch, An Investigation Report of Adidas Suppliers, Focusing on the Corporate Code of Conduct of International Corporations, October 28, 2010, posted at www.chinalaborwatch.org

China Labor Watch, Investigation of Illegal Conditions at Four Dollar General Supplier Sweatshops in China, August 10, 2010, posted at www.chinalaborwatch.org

China Labor Watch, Investigation Report of Two Walt Disney Factories, November 2010, posted at www.chinalaborwatch.org

Congressional - Executive Commission on China, Shenzhen Expands Measures Against “Abnormal Petitioning”, May 11, 2010, posted at www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd

Coy, Peter; Conlin, Michelle;  Herbst, Moira.  “The Disposable Worker.”  BusinessWeek.  January 7, 2010, posted at www.businessweek.com.

Dong, Xiao-Yuan; Bowles, Paul; Chang, Hongqin.  Managing Liberalization and Globalization in Rural China: Trends in Rural Labour, Income and Inequality.  Global Labour Journal.  Volume 1, Issue 1. 2010.

Dreyfuss, Robert, China in the Driver’s Seat: Progressives debate a new world order, The Nation, September 20, 2010, posted at www.thenation.com

Fair Trade Center, Strategies for strengthening human rights in the Chinese workplace, August 3, 2010, posted at www.fairtradecenter.se

Fair Wear Foundation, Study on wages in China, August 2010, posted at www.fairwear.org

Flynn, Greg; O’Brien, Robert.  An Internationalist Western Labour Response to the Globalization of India and China.  Global Labour Journal:  Volume 1, Issue 1. 2010.

Globalization Monitor.  European Companies Lobbying in China and Chinese Responses. March 2010, posted at www.globalmon.org.hk.

Globalization Monitor.  The Reform of the Urban Water Supply in Southern China. April 2010, posted at www.globalmon.org.hk.

Globalization Monitor. Investigation and Monitoring of the Post-MFA Impact in China.  February 24, 2010, posted at  http://www.globalmon.org.hk/en/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/postmfa_finalen19022010.pdf.

Globalization Monitor. We hold Maersk Dongguan responsible for the death of Mr. Mo. March 10, 2010, posted at www.globalmon.org.hk

Grumiau, Samuel. Hong Kong: Women Workers in the Economic Crisis: An Interview With Cheung Lai-Ha. ZMagazine. January 10, 2010, posted at www.zcommunications.org.

Hui, Wang. The End of the Revolution; China and the Limits of Modernity.  Verso Press. January 2010.

Knox, Malcolm, The deal is simple. Australia gets money, China gets Australia, September 6, 2010, posted at www.bussinessweek.com

Labour Action China, Success after years of battle: Over 2.6 million yuan compensation ruled by the Chinese court for six silicosis workers, September 16, 2010. Source Unkown.

Lander, Mark. Clinton and Geithner Face Hurdles in China Talks, May 24, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Lee, Ching Kwan. Raw Encounters: Chinese Managers, African Workers and the Politics of Casualization in Africa’s Chinese Enclaves.  The China Quarterly. 2010.

Lee, Don. U.S. pleas unlikely to sway China in high-level talks, May 22, 2010, posted at www.latimes.com

Ngai, Pun; Chan, Chris King Chi; Chan, Jenny.  The Role of the State, Labour Policy and Migrant Workers’ Struggles in Globalized China.  Global Labour Journal: Volume 1, Issue 1. 2010.

Petras, James.  The US and China:  One Side is Losing, the Other is Winning.  Global Research.  January 3, 2010, posted at www.globalresearch.ca.

Phillips, Michelle. In China, workplace deaths a small cost, August 8, 2010, posted at www.washingtontimes.com

Pierson, David. China’s GDP Grows 10.7% in Fourth Quarter. The LA Times.  January 21, 2010, posted at www.latimes.com.

Pierson, David, China’s housing boom spells trouble for boyfriends, June 21, 2010, posted at www.latimes.com

Richburg, Keith B., Washington Post, China ‘hukou’ system deemed outdated as way of controlling access to services, August 15, 2010, posted at www.washingtonpost.com

Richburg, Keith B., Washington Post, China’s push to develop its west hasn’t closed income gap with east, critics say, June 29, 2010, posted at www.washingtonpost.com

Richburg, Keith, Washington Post, Disneyland project in Shanghai spotlights forced evictions in China, June 19, 2010, posted at www.washingtonpost.com

Reuters.  China’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Jump in 2009. The New York Times.  January 15, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com.

Seah, Mabel and Wei Zheng, Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia, Harnessing workers’ dreams, August 2010, posted at www.csr-asia.com

Scott, Robert E. Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs; 2.4 million jobs lost, thousands displaced in every U.S. Congressional District. Economic Policy Institute, Briefing Paper #258; March 23, 2010, posted at www.wpi.org

Shi, Zhenlei.  The Story of Iron-rice-bowl System:  Changes of Employment Policies in China, 1949-2009. Beijing Jiaotong University.  2010.

Tatlow, Didi Kirsten, New York Times, Women Struggle for a Foothold in Chinese Politics
June 24, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Walker, Cathy, Union Exchange, Chinese Unions: Five Years Later, February/March 2010, posted at www.ourtimes.ca

Wang, Jovita T., Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal Association, Article 14 of China’s New Labor Contract Law: Using Open-term Contracts to Appropriately Balance Worker Protection and Employer Flexibility, April 2009, posted at www.law.washington.edu/pacrim

Wassener, Bettina, New York Times, New Data Show China’s Rise Slowing, June 30, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Weinland, Don.  China: Increasing Trend in Mass Incidents. Global Voices Online.  February 14, 2010, posted at http://globalvoicesonline.org.

Wines, Michael.  As China Rises, Fears Grow on Whether Boom Can Endure. The New York Times.  January 12, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com.

Wines, Michael, China Fortifies State Businesses to Fuel Growth, August 29, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Wines, Michael. China’s Growth Leads to Problems Down the Road, August 27, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Wong, Edward. China’s Export Economy Begins Turning Inward, June 24, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Wong, Edward.  China on Path to Become Second-Largest Economy.  The New York Times.  January 21, 2010. www.nytimes.com.

Xin, Zhou and Buckley, Chris.  China Economy  Soars, Sets Stage for Policy Tightening. The Washington Post, Reuters.  January 21, 2010.  www.washingtonpost.com.

Zhang, Juwei and Wang, Zhiyong.  Preparing Rural Migrant Workers for New Jobs Amid Crisis. CASS, 2010.

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2010 Global Electronics Articles

Barboza, David. Supply Chain for IPhone Highlights Costs in China. July 5, 2010, posted at www.nytimes.com

Balfour, Frederick, and Tim Culpan. Chairman Gau. Bloomberg Businessweek 13 Sept. 2010.

Balfour, Frederik, and Terry Culpan. Everything Is Made by Foxconn in Future Evoked by Gou's Empire - Bloomberg. Sept. 9, 2010, posted at www.bloomberg.com

Chan, Jenny. Suicide as Protest: A New Generation of Migrant Workers in China, August 30, 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

Ergon Associates Limited, Better Work: Electronics Feasibility Study, August 2010, posted at www.ergonassociates.net

GoodElectronics, GoodElectronics general meeting: Sweatshop conditions abound in electronics industry, November 8, 2010, posted at www.goodelectronics.org

GoodElectronics and makeITfair, Open Letter to Nokia at the occasion of Nokia’s human rights summit, September 27, 2010, posted at www.goodelectronics.orgg

Health and Safety Executive.  Report by the Control and management of hazardous substances in semiconductor manufacturers in Great Britain in 2009. July 1, 2010,  posted at www.hse.gov

Intenational Labour Office (ILO) Geneva, Request for Proposals 2010: Feasibility Study Electronics, January 2010, posted on ilo.org. 

MakeITFair, List of Principle on the Extractive Phase of the Electronics Supply Chain, (first version February 2008, revised October 2010), October 2010, posted at www.makeitfair.org

McLaughlin, Kathleen E.  Silicon Sweatshops: Another Black Eye for Apple Supplier.  GlobalPost.  February 25, 2010.

Overeem, Pauline & Sandjojo, Virginia. Best Practices in Sustainable Public Procurement of IT Hardware in Europe. Report of the Procure IT Fair European Roundtable Meeting, SOMO.  March 31, 2010, posted at http://goodelectronics.org

Overeem, Pauline; van Huijstee, Mariette; van Os, Roos. Social Dialogue at Philips Lighting.  SOMO.  February 2010, posted at http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3537/

Page, Elena H. & Sylvain, David.  Exposure to Hazardous Metals During Electronics Recycling at Four UNICOR Facilities.  Health Hazard Evaluation Report.  Department of  Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIOSH.  December 2009, posted at www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe.

Park, Donguk et. al., A Comprehensive Review of Arsenic Levels in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry, The Annuals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol. 54, Issue 8, pp 869-879

RESOLVE.  EICC-GeSi Supply Chain Project-Interim Report.  October 8, 2009, posted at www.resolve.org

SACOM – Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour, Apple Owes Workers and Public a Response over the Poisonings. May 2010, posted at www.sacom.hk

Siebert, Mortiz (producer), Blue Elephants (documentary film about migrant workers in the Malaysian electronics industry, available from www.weed-online.org

SOMO. Conference Report: ‘Enhancing the WEEE Recast, April 29, 2010, posted at www.somo.nl.

Verité.  Help Wanted: Hiring, Human Trafficking and Slavery in the Global Economy—Vulnerability to Broker-Related Forced Labor Among Migrant Workers in Information Technology Manufacturing in Taiwan and Malaysia.  June 2010, posted at www.verite.org.

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