Eds. Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, David Naguib Pellow, and Leslie A. Byster
Foreword by Jim Hightower
with Shenglin Chang, Amanda Hawes, Wen-ling Tu, and Andrew Watterson
ISBN 1-59213-330-4 pbk
Technology Happens [pdf]
Jim Hightower
1. The Quest for Sustainability and Justice in a High-Tech World [pdf]
Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David N. Pellow
2. The Changing Map of Global Electronics: Networks of Mass Production in the New Economy
Boy Lüthje
3. Occupational Health in the Semiconductor Industry
Joseph LaDou
4. Double Jeopardy: Gender and Migration in Electronics Manufacturing
Anibel Ferus-Comelo
5. "Made in China": Electronics Workers in the World's Fastest Growing Economy
Apo Leong and Sanjiv Pandita
6. Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand's Electronics Industry
Tira Foran and David A. Sonnenfeld
7. Electronics Workers in India
Sanjiv Pandita
8. Out of the Shadows and into the Gloom? Worker and Community Health in and around Central and Eastern Europe's Semiconductor Plants
Andrew Watterson
9. From Grassroots to Global: The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition's Milestones in Building a Movement for Corporate Accountability and Sustainability in the High-Tech Industry
Leslie A. Byster and Ted Smith
10. The Struggle for Occupational Health in Silicon Valley: A Conversation with Amanda Hawes
Amanda Hawes with David N. Pellow
11. Immigrant Workers in Two Eras: Struggles and Successes in Silicon Valley
David N. Pellow and Glenna Matthews
12. Worker Health at National Semiconductor, Greenock (Scotland): Freedom to Kill?
James McCourt
13. Community-Based Organizing for Labor Rights, Health, and the Environment: Television Manufacturing on the Mexico-U.S. Border
Connie García and Amelia Simpson
14. Labor Rights and Occupational Health in Jalisco's Electronics Industry (Mexico)
Raquel E. Partida Rocha
15. Breaking the Silicon Silence: Giving Voice to Health and Environmental Impacts within Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park
Shenglin Chang, Hua-mei Chiu, and Wen-ling Tu
16. Human Lives Valued Less than Dirt: Former RCA Workers Contaminated by Pollution Fighting Worldwide for Justice (Taiwan)
Yu-ling Ku
17. Unionizing Electronics: The Need for New Strategies
Robert Steiert
18. The Electronics Production Lifecycle. From Toxics to Sustainability: Getting Off the Toxic Treadmill
Leslie A. Byster and Ted Smith
19. High-Tech Pollution in Japan: Growing Problems, Alternative Solutions
Fumikazu Yoshida
20. High-Tech's Dirty Little Secret: Economics and Ethics of the Electronic Waste Trade
Jim Puckett
21. Hi-Tech Heaps, Forsaken Lives: E-waste in Delhi (India)
Ravi Agarwal and Kishore Wankhade
22. Importing Extended Producer Responsibility for Electronic Equipment into the United States
Chad Raphael and Ted Smith
23. International Environmental Agreements and the Information Technology Industry
Ken Geiser and Joel Tickner
24. Design Change in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Impacts of Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation in Sweden and Japan
Naoko Tojo
25. ToxicDude.com: the Dell Campaign
David Wood and Robin Schneider
-- Foreword and Chapter 1 [pdf]
Webpage by
David A. Sonnenfeld,
SUNY-ESF
last updated September 19, 2012