ILO meeting to discuss changing changing labour force requirements in the electronic components manufacturing sector
GENEVA (ILO News) – 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.
Spectacular growth and investment in the electronic components industry, which manufactures the worlds chips, semi-conductors, cell phones, music players and computers, has generated millions of jobs and spawned billions of dollars in investment, much of it developing and emerging economics, especially in Asia.
But this growth has also spawned a considerable number of social and labour challenges, including concerns over working conditions, wage levels, gender issues and management-labour relations, according to a new ILO report prepared for the meeting.(MORE)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2007/10.htm
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Tripartite Meeting on the Production of Electronic Components for the IT Industries (16-18 April 2007)
Corporate social responsibility in the IT sector: Is it responsible enough?
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. A new ILO report (Note 1) prepared for a forthcoming tripartite meeting examines recent developments in the electronic components industry which employs some 18 million people worldwide.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/features/07/it_sector.htm
GENEVA (ILO News) – 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.
Spectacular growth and investment in the electronic components industry, which manufactures the worlds chips, semi-conductors, cell phones, music players and computers, has generated millions of jobs and spawned billions of dollars in investment, much of it developing and emerging economics, especially in Asia.
But this growth has also spawned a considerable number of social and labour challenges, including concerns over working conditions, wage levels, gender issues and management-labour relations, according to a new ILO report prepared for the meeting.(MORE)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2007/10.htm
Please also see:
Tripartite Meeting on the Production of Electronic Components for the IT Industries (16-18 April 2007)
Corporate social responsibility in the IT sector: Is it responsible enough?
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. A new ILO report (Note 1) prepared for a forthcoming tripartite meeting examines recent developments in the electronic components industry which employs some 18 million people worldwide.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/features/07/it_sector.htm