This webinar was recorded on June 23, 2026.
Malaysia is a global electronics manufacturing hub, powering advances in electronic products that are critical to a growing range of industries and sectors. It is also a sector where workers – many of whom are migrant labourers – face pervasive employer interference when exercising their rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Nasdaq-listed and US-headquartered Flex Ltd. is one of the largest electronics manufacturers in the world. It joined the S&P 500 Index on June 22, 2026. Flex Ltd. is also a supplier of Apple Inc.1
Workers at Flex Ltd.’s Malaysian subsidiary are alleging that their employer is running an aggressive, company-led union-suppression campaign.
This webinar is a pre-AGM2 investor briefing session designed to enable investors to supplement the data they consider with insights from local and global unions into labour rights concerns at Flex.
Speakers included Electronics Watch affiliates, who described how public buyers are working to improve compliance with labour rights and standards in Malaysia’s electronics manufacturing sector.
- Divid Arulappen, General Secretary, Malaysia Electronics Industry Employees’ Union Northern Region (EIEUNR)
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Alexander Ivanou, Director, Base Metals, Mechanical Engineering, ICT, Electrical & Electronics, IndustriALL Global Union
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Rebecca Griffiths, Sustainability Advisor, Procurement Department, London Fire Brigade (Electronics Watch affiliate)
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Emil Birk, CSR Consultant, City of Copenhagen (Electronics Watch affiliate)
- Mary Beth Gallagher, Director of Engagement, Domini Impact Investments
1 According to Apple Inc.’s Supplier List for Fiscal Year 2023 (most recent available).
2 Flex Ltd.’s AGM is scheduled for Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
