Cafod Report On Treatment Of Workers In The Electronics Industry

EDM number 402 in 2009-10, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 08/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Manufacturing industries.

That this House commends CAFOD in sponsoring a report by CEREAL and exposing the shameful treatment of electronic workers along the supply chains in Mexico for some of the best-known consumer electronics, including telephone company Nokia and the suppliers making Xbox video game stations and products for Blackberry; notes with disapproval that Nokia terminated the employment of 2,000 workers, including 20 pregnant women, during the economic crisis; further notes their recruitment agency asked workers to sign voluntary resignation forms, removing their rights to severance pay and threatening those who refused with being blacklisted; further notes with disapproval that Microsoft Xbox manufacturers Flextronics made workers share two toilet passes between 70 employees leaving some for up to eight hours without access to toilets; further notes that these companies are making millions of pounds on products and have a responsibility and obligation not to turn a blind eye to such degrading practices in the supply chain, as highlighted in this research; believes that these companies should ensure that all workers in the supply chain are treated fairly, with dignity and have the opportunity to join genuine unions; and calls on these companies to look at the root causes of these problems and to urgently do all possible to improve the working conditions of these workers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Proposed
Jim Dobbin	08/12/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
David Crausby	08/12/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Seconded
Jon Cruddas	08/12/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
Joe Benton	08/12/2009	Bootle	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	08/12/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
David Borrow	08/12/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	08/12/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	09/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Nigel Dodds	09/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Drew	09/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	09/12/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/12/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	09/12/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	09/12/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	09/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/12/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	10/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	10/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
John Hemming	10/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	10/12/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/12/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	14/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/12/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Frank Doran	15/12/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	15/12/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	16/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
John Battle	16/12/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	16/12/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	05/01/2010	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	05/01/2010	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	13/01/2010	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	27/01/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Greg Mulholland	28/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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