Joint work with IndustriALL Global Union will focus on promoting freedom of association and collective bargaining rights in global supply chains. One of Electronics Watch's strategic goals is for workers to exercise their right to organise with support from affiliated public buyers. Effective collective bargaining is key to securing meaningful improvements in working conditions for all workers.

The collaboration applies to facilities that are linked to Electronics Watch affiliates and which are organised (or potentially organised) by lndustriALL Global affiliates. This may include mines, smelters, refineries, and manufacturing sites. Our goal is to ensure trade union recognition based on free and fair elections, without interference or intimidation

The new memorandum will also reinforce effective worker-driven monitoring informed by workers' experiences. It will ensure unions know when and how they can request support from Electronics Watch, and strengthen remediation of labour rights violations, especially those affecting vulnerable groups among workers.

Electronics Watch Executive Director Björn Claeson commented:

"With this collaboration, Electronics Watch and IndustriALL Global Union will promote effective worker-centered human rights due diligence. Working together will help us to drive long-term structural improvements in the industry so that global supply chain workers can realise and defend their rights."

Atle Høie, IndustriALL Global Secretary General, said:

"We look forward to a close collaboration with Electronics Watch and its network of public buyers. Their collective leverage is a valuable tool to drive respect for workers' rights."