Sacom | Student and scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour

Foxconn (2038.HK) ignores the demand of democratic trade union

Today (30 May 2013), the Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) and other local organizations including Asia Monitor Resource Centre, Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee, Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese and a group of tertiary students went to the Annual General Meeting of Foxconn...

Workers’ Outrage over Immoral Costco Supplier in Shenzhen

More than 200 workers from Delta Smooth Limited (金顺台艺品厂) in Shenzhen, a supplier of Costco in China have launched a series of street protests since 6 May, as the owner refused to pay their wages, social insurance and economic compensation after the factory closure. They marched to the township and district government offices to demand investigation

[Report] Apple fails in its responsibility to monitor suppliers

In its code of conduct, Apple claims that it requires its suppliers to uphold its workers’ basic human rights as understood by the international community, and to treat them with dignity and respect. In contrast, our investigations demonstrate that Apple supplier factories are intensifying a military-style management of workers. Apples’...

Foxconn investors look to bright side with stock surge

Report of Mozilla deal shades Apple setback as labour protesters turn up the volume at AGM Friday, 31 May, 2013 [UPDATED: 3:58AM] Toh Han Shih hanshih.toh@scmp.com Labour activists make their point at the Foxconn meeting. The Hong Kong share price of Foxconn International jumped 7.2 per cent, on a day the smartphone manufacturer’s labour practices came under...

[Statement] Foxconn should keep its promise; we need no fake trade unions

Hong Kong, 30 May 2013 Foxconn should keep its promise; we need no fake trade unions This is the fourth year of Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) and other local organizations to come to the Annual General Meeting of Foxconn International Holdings Limited to protest against Foxconn’s maltreatment of workers and its broken...

Labor Notes: Who Speaks for China’s Workers?

Leslie T. Chang, author of Factory Girls, received a standing ovation when she closed her TED Talk about the lives, aspirations, and—above all—upward mobility of China’s workers who make our products. Feeling Good about Yourself It’s a feel-good, “happy worker” story, filled with young women who start at the bottom in factory jobs, then rise by taking courses...

Costco Supplier Factory Workers Match Against Wage Arrears

A More Democratic Foxconn? No One Told the Workers

WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 2013 8:25 PM BY MICHELLE CHEN With a workforce of more than one million, the electronics giant Foxconn has enough workers in its Chinese factories to fill a small country. So it’s fitting that the company has vowed to make its manufacturing kingdom a bit more democratic by encouraging union elections. But...