GoodElectronics Network

12/06/2026

Amid escalating tensions between the United States and China, the Philippines is increasingly being positioned as a strategic hub in the U.S. Indo-Pacific military framework. On April 16, the United States Secretary of State for Economic Affairs announced the US and Philippines’ Plan to initiate a 4,000-acre Economic Security Zone under the Pax Silica Initiative, which rallies U.S. allies and economies towards its economic and security agenda.

Join us for a discussion on how technological power reinforces global power dynamics, control over semiconductors, critical minerals, and digital infrastructure, and what these developments mean for the Philippines.

🗓️ 15 June 2026 🕘 9:00 AM PHT (Manila)
💻 Online via Zoom

Register here: http://tiny.cc/GENpaxsilica2026

26/12/2025

The dismantling of trade unions and anti-union practices have been a structural part of the electronics value chain since its inception🏭.

But states also play a decisive role: they can either guarantee or prevent trade union organization ⚖.
Examples of how governments become barriers to independent trade unions:
A) Prohibition of independent trade unions (China)
B) Monopoly on trade union representation (Vietnam)
C) Legal and administrative barriers (Malaysia)
D) Persecution, harassment and even murder of trade union leaders (Philippines)

More information in the report ‘No union, no voice: nine ways the electronics industry craks down on labour rights’ by Good Electronics.
https://goodelectronics.org/no-union-no-voice/

19/12/2025

💻Behind the sleek designs of our laptops and mobile phones 📱 lies a reality we rarely see:
Millions of workers in the electronics industry suffer from precarious working conditions ⚠.

And this reality is no accident. At the root of the problem is the systematic repression of trade union freedom ✊.

This repression is not due to the particular context of each country: there is a global pattern, reinforced by governments and corporations, that sustains the accumulation model of large technology companies

📘 The report ‘No union, no voice’ by the Good Electronics network identifies the main
barriers to freedom of association present throughout the sector.

https://goodelectronics.org/no-union-no-voice/

15/12/2025

Efforts to establish a global minerals agreement at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) met opposition, though talks will continue. The proposal aims to establish a panel of experts that will identify ways to prevent further environmental harm of mining high-risk minerals and promote responsible sourcing. However, differing national priorities pose challenges to binding multinational commitments on mining supply chain human rights and environmental standards.

In this article published in Climate Home News, the regulation of mineral supply chains essential to electronics, energy transition technologies, and consumer products seeks to identify minerals associated with elevated risk profiles and to foster more robust environmental and human rights standards throughout the extraction, refining, and trade lifecycles.

🔗 https://goodelectronics.org/efforts-to-establish-a-global-minerals-agreement-face-opposition-at-un-talks/

In this article published in Climate Home News, the regulation of mineral supply chains essential to electronics, energy transition technologies, and consumer products seeks to identify minerals associated with elevated risk profiles and to foster more robust environmental and human rights standards...

15/12/2025

On International Human Rights Day 2025, GoodElectronics Network call for enhanced protections for workers’ human rights across global electronics supply chains, and the end of complicity of tech giants in Israel’s war in .

The industry valued at nearly USD 2.5 trillion in 2024 is increasingly entangled with war and militarization, raising serious concerns about plunder of resources from production regions and corporate complicity.

🔗 https://goodelectronics.org/goodelectronics-network-calls-for-peace-and-protection-of-workers-rights-on-international-human-rights-day/

On December 10, International Human Rights Day, GoodElectronics Network call for enhanced protections for workers’ human rights across global electronics supply chains, and the end of complicity of tech giants in Israel's war in Gaza.

15/12/2025

UNEA Talks Call Attention on Human Rights Abuses Linked to Mining

As states meet for the United Nations Environment Assembly, Colombia and several other countries have proposed a binding global treaty to address environmental and human rights risks in mineral extraction, including measures for due diligence and supply chain transparency.

Human Rights Watch reports that communities impacted by mineral extraction are still grappling with land dispossession, environmental harm, unsafe working conditions, and violations on labor and Indigenous rights, especially in areas that provide minerals for electronics and energy technologies.

https://goodelectronics.org/unea-talks-call-attention-on-human-rights-abuses-linked-to-mining/

via Juliane Kippenberg/Human Rights Watch

As states meet for the United Nations Environment Assembly, Colombia and several other countries have proposed a binding global treaty to address environmental and human rights risks in mineral extraction, including measures for due diligence and supply chain transparency. This initiative calls atte...