26 August 2021 
Ashley Shelbrooke, HEPA and Project Specialist
Electronics Watch are holding their virtual summit that will this year focus on two of the most important yet least talked about workers' rights: the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.
The summit will take place between November 30 and December 3 and be the culmination of a series of activities on this topic that Electronics Watch are organising in 2021.
In the electronics industry, a small minority of production workers are members of independent, democratic trade unions. Fewer still benefit from collective bargaining agreements. Without access to both, it is difficult for workers to defend themselves against workplace abuses, protect their health and safety, and strive for decent working conditions.
Electronics Watch summit will build on what they have learned with workers, public buyers, monitoring partners and trade unions so far on the fundamental rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The summit will dive deep into the questions of how public buyers can protect these rights, and how trade unions help to ensure social and environmental responsibility in their supply chains.
Electronics Watch are planning the following events in the lead up to the summit:
Further details and online registration to follow in September.
