24 February 2022 07:00
Solidarity with the Fijan workers of the SARUP-1 project!
BWI calls on all its trade union affiliates to express their solidarity with the workers of the Suva Arterial Roads Upgrading Project-1 (SARUP 1 Contract No. FRA/TIISP/16-01) in Fiji, whose rights are persistently violated by the China Railway No 5 Engineering Group (CR5), which in charge of the project. Weiterlesen...
21 February 2022 15:18
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) expressed its dissatisfaction with the Philippine government’s investigation of the various incidents of violence and harassment against Filipino trade unionists under President Rodrigo Duterte. Weiterlesen...
03 February 2022 05:39
Pakistan dam worker complaint to proceed at World Bank watchdog following mass termination
Workers at the Karot Hydroelectric project in Northern Pakistan have won the right to a full investigation regarding a complaint it filed before the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on violations of freedom of association, health and safety and other labour rules. Weiterlesen...
01 February 2022 06:05
After the Ukrainian labour movement, with international solidarity help, reverted attacks of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) on workers’ and trade union rights in 2019 and 2020. Weiterlesen...
21 January 2022 07:11
Massive protest actions erupted in Kazakhstan on 2 January against a sudden and steep increase in the prices of fuel. The protests, which began in the oil-producing city of Zhanaozen, quickly spread to other cities, including the nation's largest city, Almaty. Weiterlesen...
06 January 2022 18:13
Die Bau- und Holzarbeiter Internationale (BHI) schließt sich den Stimmen an, die den geplanten Besuch des Premierministers von Kambodscha, Hun Sen, in Myanmar am 7./8. Januar 2022 verurteilen. Hun Sen hat aktuell den Vorsitz im Verband südostasiatischer Nationen (ASEAN). Sein Besuch untergräbt die gemeinsame Haltung der ASEAN-Länder gegenüber der Junta und legitimiert die Militärherrschaft in Myanmar.Weiterlesen...
20 December 2021 05:57
Das IKEA-Netzwerk für Soziale Gerechtigkeit der BHI hat einen Newsletter herausgegeben, der über die aktuelle Situation der Kampagne für menschenwürdige Arbeit und Arbeitnehmerrechte beim genannten schwedischen Konzern mit Hauptsitz in den Niederlanden informiert. Weiterlesen...
14 December 2021 08:22
The BWI MENA (Middle East and North America) Trade Unions’ Network held a meeting last 24-25 November in Beirut, Lebanon, which was marked by the attendance of a Palestinian affiliate for the first time since the formation of the network. Weiterlesen...
11 December 2021 03:39
s we mark this year's International Human Rights Day, BWI prepared a video narrating its numerous efforts to help trade unions worldwide fight global authoritarianism and defend human rights and democracy. Weiterlesen...