May 1996 - The exiled burmase government denounces the Unocal multinational for its investments in Burma in support of a government which violates human rights ( see "Burma sues Unocal" )
CHINA
August 1998 - Workers' violations in China described in an open letter to Bill Clinton (vedi document)
July 1998 - Adidas asked to investigate claims of prison-made footballs, decides to quit china, but chinese dissidents sue adidas and urge boycott (see document)
September 1997 - Interview to Gilbert Bermudez (General Secretary of SITRAP) about trade-union situation in the banana sector of Costa Rica.
February 1997 - The ICFTU, which is to launch a Costa Rica campaign, denounces discrimination against trade unionists, black lists, solidarismo and collusion against the workers
CUBA
February 1997 - As Cuba opens its doors to multinational enterprises, workers may be facing a new risk of exploitation (see Maquilas in Cuba)
September 1998 - Wages of workers producing Nike shoes in Indonesia have dropped from $2.47/day in 1997 to 80 cents/day in 1998 (Global Exchange report)
1996 - The South Korean NGO's (PSPD - People's Solidarity for Partecitory Democracy) report on the working conditions within the Indonesian factories owned by South Koreans
(see "Industrial Relations in Korean Companies in Indonesia")
December 1995 - The independant Trade-union, SBSI once more under fire
(see "SBSI under fire again" in TAPOL n. 132 - december 1995)
March 1995 - Prisoners of progress (from INFID International NGO
Forum on Indonesian Development - Djakarta, Indonesia)
An overview about labour condition in Indonesia
October 1996 - The USA Association for Human Rights, 'Human Rights Watch', denounces discrimination on the part of american multinational. All the female workers involuntarily undergo pregnancy tests (see U.S. corporations discriminating against women at maquiladoras)
History of the maquiladoras and their activities for the american multinationals (see A proposito di "maquiladoras")