25 November 2024 05:38
BWI’s young unionists get ready for 2026 World Congress, elect new leaders
The BWI International Youth Committee held a meeting on 04 November 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland and elected its new youth chair.Read more...
25 November 2024 05:11
Every year, BWI joins workers, trade unionists, activists, and international community in marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November by launching our annual “16 Days of Trade Union Activism on Violence Against Women”.
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21 November 2024 04:25
BWI, in partnership with 3F, organised a workshop in Amman, Jordan, on 30-31 October, bringing together 30 participants, including 13 women from Jordan and Lebanon.Read more...
20 November 2024 09:04
On 7 November 2024, Dave Noonan, Vice President of Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) Asia-Pacific and Construction Secretary of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), delivered a powerful speech at the iconic Broken Chair monument outside the Palace of Nations in Geneva. Read more...
20 November 2024 06:40
The Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) and its Malaysian affiliate, the Timber Employees Union Peninsular of Malaysia (TEUPM), successfully concluded a three-day intensive leadership training programme for the latter’s newly elected executive committee.Read more...
20 November 2024 02:45
On October 28-29, 2024, BWI, in partnership with 3F, organised a workshop in Amman, Jordan, focused on implementing ILO Convention 190 and Recommendation 206.Read more...
20 November 2024 02:06
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) expresses its strongest condemnation of the Hong Kong court's sentencing of 47 pro-democracy activists, including activists Benny Tai and Joshua Wong, to terms ranging from four to ten years in what is clearly a politically motivated trial under the draconian National Security Law (NSL).Read more...
13 November 2024 07:51
In a landmark collaboration, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI), along with the Trade Union of the Construction Industry of Croatia and the Tamil Nadu Construction Workers’ Union (TKTMS), held a two-day event in Croatia on November 10-11, 2024, to support the rights and welfare of Indian migrant workers. Read more...
13 November 2024 05:20
BWI’s International Women’s Committee (IWC) on 4 November 2024 held its 22nd statutory meeting, where key achievements of BWI’s progress towards gender equality in 2023-2024 were discussed, with a special focus on the ongoing development and implementation of BWI’s “gender lens” in the global union’s various advocacies and other initiatives. Read more...