10 October 2023 12:43
Tanzania: BWI observes healthy union-management relationship in Twiga cement
A delegation by the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) went to Tanzania on 14 until 17 August 2023 and visited the Twiga cement company in Dar es Salaam, which is part of the Heidelberg Materials’ group of companies. Weiterlesen...
04 October 2023 09:43
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), representing 12 million workers in the Building, Building Materials, Wood, Forestry, and Allied sectors worldwide, stands firmly in solidarity with the National Federation of Workers and Employees' Trade Unions in Lebanon (FENASOL).Weiterlesen...
02 October 2023 09:09
BWI is protesting the lack of social dialogue at the Calcia cement plant in Couvrot, France, one of the Heidelberg Materials group’s subsidiaries, as it continues to monitor a strike mounted by workers of the said plant on 6 September. Weiterlesen...
26 September 2023 10:14
This is how trade unionists saw the reinstatement to work on 18 September of trade union leader Dariusz Kawka in an IKEA Industry factory in Lubawa, Poland. This was after Kawka, , Chairperson of the NSZZ "Solidarność,” was unjustly dismissed by the company on 28 November 2022 based on false charges.
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13 September 2023 02:46
The Council of Global Unions (CGU) issued a statement urging the Iranian government to uphold international labour standards, particularly freedom of association, and to uphold human rights, justice, dignity, and fairness. Weiterlesen...
30 August 2023 06:43
Different Global Union Federations (GUF), including the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), and trade union solidarity support organisations join the Sri Lankan trade union movement in condemning the proposed "Single Employment Bill," which contains provisions that clearly violate international law, including proposals to cut wages and undermine the country's workers' trade union rights. The proposed plan, dubbed a "slave labour bill" by Sri Lankan trade unions, seeks to repeal 13 existing labour rules that have resulted from years of social dialogue.Weiterlesen...
29 August 2023 08:29
On August 22, embattled Filipino cement workers in Davao, Philippines, issued a notice of strike (NOC) against Holcim for negotiating in bad faith the provisions of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and committing numerous other unfair labour practices.Weiterlesen...
17 August 2023 08:20
In protest of the anti-labor clauses in the nation's labour rules, India's ten (10) central trade unions (CTUs) organised a nationwide mass strike on August 9. TWeiterlesen...
31 July 2023 12:04
The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI), representing 12 million workers worldwide, expresses its full support and solidarity to the four Unite trade unionists who were dismissed from their jobs by Murphy International. Weiterlesen...