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Article

1 Oct 2007

Author:
Centre for Reflection and Action on Labour Issues (CEREAL)

[PDF] Electronics multinationals and labour rights in Mexico

This is Cereal’s second report on working conditions in the Mexican electronics industry...this report has been drafted within the context of a dialogue between Cereal and the companies, which have pledged to resolve those problems previously raised by Cereal...The outcome of these attempts...is far from satisfactory...All cases were forwarded to the companies for consideration and most companies gave a reply in writing. [includes sections on: Outsourcing and labour rights violations; Discrimination; Constant work instability; Unsafe practices; Exposure to toxic materials and work related illnesses; Sexual harassment; Excessive wage deductions; Humiliating treatment and work overloads; Lack of Trade Union Freedom] [refers to Hewlett Packard, Nokia, Motorola, Intel, Dell, Solectron, Sun Microsystems, Philips, Hitachi, Toyota, Lenovo, Manpower, Flextronics, Sanmina SCI, Jabil, Foxconn [part of Hon Hai], USI, Busmen, Benchmark, Lucent, Apple, Kodak, IBM, Sony, Dinamitec]