The Ole Wolff Workplace Union

Today is GP’s annual shareholder meeting. Once again the GP Cadmium Poisoning Coalition stages a protest against your company, which continues to poison many workers with cadmium in your plants in mainland China. The Coalition urges GP to accept the workers’ major demands.

The story about Maersk has caught a lot af Media attention in Denmark. The Danish TV and the newspaper Politiken made reports on the Maersk case on 11 Jan 2009. The company HQ now said it will initiate an independent investigation about the complaints - espacially about violating ILO conventions and labor laws. It nevertheless denied that there are any major problems. It also said it would listen to the concerns of Globalization Monitor through a dialogue.

Editor note: Ole Wolff Yantai continues to attack basic labor rights by more downsizing. The company took two steps to dismiss the workers......ole_wolff_dismiss_more_work

Ole Wolff Yantai Trade Union Mr. Ole Wolff, CEO of Ole Wolff Electronics, released a public statement on September 23, 2008 to defend the record of the company’s subsidiary in Yantai, China…

Being a good employer that provides good working conditions has always been a key priority for Ole Wolff Electronics whether it be in Denmark or in China, and we provide all our employees with…

In early 2006 the company was found to have violated labour laws by not providing labour contracts for their employees, and paying its workers below the legal minimum wage......…

Report on the Labour Dispute between Ole Wolff Yantai and the Labour Union (abridged) Wang Jian(1) 10th September 2008 In mainland China, self-organized grassroots labour unions,…

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By Peter Rasmussen Sackings of trade unionists at the Ole Wolff electronics factory in Yantai, China, have caused nationwide commotion....... Workers using the Internet cause a commotion…