The Electronics Watch Boad of Trustees and staff condemn the threats to his life and the union-busting faced by migrant workers he supports.

In October 2024, a group of public buyers and their tech resellers—companies that purchase ICT hardware from brands and resell it to end-users and other clients—met online for the first time. It would be one of four sessions aimed at strengthening due diligence in public sector supply chains.

Some departures and some new arrivals

Electronics Watch signs a memorandum of understanding with IndustriALL Global Union, which represents over 50 million workers in 130 countries. The collaboration aims to promote and protect workers' rights by leveraging the complementary strength and expertise of both organisations.

Our latest Impact Story explores the challenges of monitoring in semiconductor factories in Taiwan, and the conditions migrant workers are facing.

The Metropolis of Lyon (France) has affiliated to Electronics Watch, reaffirming its commitment to promote respect for human rights in its electronics supply chains.

As we close our 10th anniversary year, we wanted to take a moment to say thank you, and reflect briefly on our end-of-year online event, which brought so many of you together from around the world.

In our latest monitoring partner profile, we talk to Hnin Wut Yee, outgoing Director of the Labour Rights Foundation. We discuss the issues facing migrant workers in Thailand and how the partnership with Electronics Watch - and the ElectroPower project - help drive systemic change.

As part of the ElectroPower project, Electronics Watch has delivered training sessions to migrant workers, trade union organisers and civil society representatives in Thailand and Indonesia. Jointly organised with IndustriALL South East Asia, IndustriALL local affiliates, and monitoring partners, the Labour Rights Foundation (LRF) and Inkrispena, the training focused on understanding and addressing forced labour.

The Office of Government Procurement (OGP), responsible for public procurement policy and Central Purchasing Body for ICT products (among other categories) in Ireland, has recently affiliated to Electronics Watch.