News
April 2019
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Waste management
Urgent action needed to better manage e-waste: ILO
17 April 2019
Representatives of governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations agree more must be done, and urgently, to manage the millions of tonnes of e-waste produced each year.
January 2019
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Blog
A New Circular Vision for Electronics
24 January 2019
We need to tackle the tsunami of e-waste head on, say ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union, Houlin Zhao in a joint blog.
April 2007
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Press release
ILO meeting to discuss changing labour force requirements in the electronic components manufacturing sector
13 April 2007
More than 70 senior representatives of labour and employers organizations, along with governments, gather here on 16-18 April for the first major global tripartite discussion on emerging labour and social issues in the booming electronic components manufacturing sector that generates more than a trillion dollars in exports each year.
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Article
Corporate social responsibility in the IT sector: Is it responsible enough?
13 April 2007
Multinational companies played a key role in attracting foreign direct investment, generating employment, providing training and raising wages in the IT sector worldwide. But there are also considerable social and labour challenges arising from their operations.