26 February 2025 09:56
Mauritius: Championing workers' rights at the Beijing Construction Engineering Group
The Construction and Metal Workers' Union (CMWEU) in Mauritius began the year with a strong focus on remedying workers’ rights violations in Chinese multinational company (MNC), Beijing Construction Engineering Group Co. Ltd (BCEG). Read more...
24 February 2025 03:59
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) latest assessment reveals a persistent and blatant disregard by Myanmar’s military junta for the recommendations made by the ILO Commission of Inquiry (COI). Read more...
16 February 2025 12:53
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) Presidium, meeting in Geneva on 13-14 February 2025, expresses its unwavering solidarity with the Single National Union of the Construction and Similar Industries of Panama (SUNTRACS) and the working people of Panama in their just struggle against the privatization of the pension system, the regressive social security reforms being imposed by the government, and the excessive use of force by the state against protesting workers.
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13 February 2025 14:07
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) stands in strong solidarity with Belgian trade unions and its affiliates AVC-CSC and FGTB-ABVV as they mobilise today against the brutal austerity measures announced in the hard-right government agreement.
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12 February 2025 08:48
The State Administration Council (SAC) has orchestrated a devious scheme to undermine the Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) by promoting a puppet organisation, the Myanmar Labour Confederation (MLC).Read more...
06 February 2025 05:32
London, 4 February – The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have formalised their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at improving the labour, health and safety performance associated with EBRD operations and investments.Read more...
11 December 2024 09:17
After more than a decade without a sectoral minimum wage for the forestry industry in Indonesia, the BWI-affiliated East Kalimantan Region of the Indonesian Forestry and Allied Workers Union (KAHUTINDO) successfully advocated for its reinstatement. Read more...
11 December 2024 04:26
Statement of the Building and Woodworkers' International (BWI) on International Human Rights Day 2024
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08 December 2024 03:30
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) strongly condemns the lawmakers of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) for boycotting the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol.Read more...