We Want Non-Sweat, Non-Toxic, Clean Computers!
In the past two decades, the computer industry has swiftly developed as computer products have become integral to everyday life. While espousing images of progressive technology and professionalism, large brands have simultaneously neglected the exploitation of workers behind their production processes in developing countries.
The production of electronic commodities is a huge and blooming industry; most of its production processes have been outsourced to developing countries. The supply chain and production structure of the industry is extremely complicated and involves many different types of companies. The exploitation and violation of labour rights is difficult to monitor and even easy to neglect in the complicated supply chain.
Through research, investigations, consumer campaigns and worker organizing, SACOM hopes to improve working conditions of electronic industrial workers, and to advance the realization of workers’ right.
Objectives of SACOM’s Computer Campaign:
- Urge band name electronics corporations to improve factory level working conditions and to establish a participatory monitoring system in which workers themselves can implement the industry’s Code of Conduct.
- Educate the public and consumers about the working conditions in the computer industry, advocate for consumer consciousness.
