CONFIGURING LABOUR RIGHTS Labour Conditions in the Production of Computer Parts in the Philippines SOMO July 2009 COLOPHON CONFIGURING LABOUR RIGHTS Labour Conditions in the production of Computer Parts in the Philippines July 2009 AUTHORS: Esther de Haan & Irene Schipper (with chapter 6 partly based on Silenced to Deliver, written by SOMO and Swedwatch) RESEARCH: SOMO & WAC PUBLISHED BY: SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations COVER DESIGN: Justar.nl This report is published as part of the makeITfair campaign, a European wide project on consumer electronics. makeITfair aims to inform young consumers about human rights, social and environmental issues along the supply chain. It also addresses consumer electronics companies that can contribute to change. This document is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial -Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/3.0/ FUNDING: This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of SOMO and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union. CONTACT DETAILS: SOMO Co-ordinator makeITfair Sarphatistraat 30 1018 GL Amsterdam Tel: +31 (0)20 639 12 91
[email protected] www.makeitfair.org Configuring Labour Rights Page 1 makeITfair – for people everywhere MAKEITFAIR makeITfair is a European wide project on consumer electronics, aiming to inform young consumers about human rights, social and environmental issues along the supply chain. The work is co-ordinated by the Dutch organisation SOMO. Project partners are IRENE in the Netherlands, SwedWatch, Fair Trade Center, Church of Sweden Aid from Sweden, FinnWatch and Finnish Association for Nature Conservation from Finland; Germanwatch and Verbraucher Initiative from Germany, KARAT from CEE; ACIDH from the DR Congo, CIVIDEP from India and Labour Action China from China.