Overseas Human Rights Violations by ATNCs in Electronics Industry : SHARPS English Bulletin Board

SHARPS (Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor Industry)

Mission Statement

- On November 20, 2007, 19 civil society organizations formed a joint committee

SHARPS is a non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting the health and human rights of workers in the semiconductor and electronics industries.

We work to achieve recognition of occupational diseases affecting semiconductor workers and support workers so they can work in safe and healthy conditions. Our activities include counseling and assistance for victims of occupational illnesses, support for workers’ compensation claims, research on workplace hazards, advocacy for policy and institutional reform, and solidarity with domestic and international labor and human rights organizations.

Through these efforts, SHARPS seeks to prevent industrial diseases, ensure corporate accountability, and promote dignity, safety, and justice for all workers in the semiconductor and electronics industries.

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2023-12-21

[Conference] Labor, Environment and Asian Transnational Corporations--Toward an East Asian BHR Movement?

Respecting human rights and the environment - in the East Asian Context

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08WYUjG4Ybg&t=939s

Date: Nov 24-26, 2023
Location: Taipei, Taiwan.
Organizers: Human Rights Now (JP)

Korean Transnational Corporations Watch (KR)

Environmental Rights Foundation (TW)

Youth Labor Union 95 (TW)

Human Rights Program, Soochow University (TW)

Clean Clothes Campaign East Asia Coalition

Co-organizers: International Federation for Human Rights

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Session 3: Overseas Human Rights Violations by ATNCs in Electronics Industry

Hello. I'm Sang-soo Lee, working with SHARPS.

SHARPS is an organization, for the health and safety rights, of electronic industry workers, in South Korea.

This is the sit-in that ,SHARPS held for 1023 days, in front of Samsung's headquarters,

and the people in the photo are, the victim and their families, who were at the forefront of the struggle against Samsung.

It is thanks to them that, we were able to fight to the end and, after 11 years, we got Samsung, to accept our demands.

While there's much to address, regarding Samsung Electronics, today, I'll specifically discuss, human rights violations, at Samsung's Vietnam operations,

focusing on EHS issues, and the outsourcing of hazardous processes.

I can't speak English fast enough, so I put a lot of contents, in the documentation rather than my explanations.

So I'd appreciate it, if you could concentrate on the presentation material.