20 May 2021 04:04
Bolsonaro legt den Bau von 200 000 Wohneinheiten lahm, Gewerkschaften reagieren
Minha Casa Minha Vida („Mein Haus, mein Leben“), Brasiliens größtes soziales Wohnungsbauprogramm, das den Bau von einer Million Wohnungen zum Ziel hat, ist durch Budgetkürzungen gefährdet.Weiterlesen...
13 May 2021 04:53
The Building and Woodworkers' International (BWI) expressed its outrage over the the reported forced labour of Indian construction workers building the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) temple in New Jersey, United States. Weiterlesen...
07 May 2021 12:18
Nach siebentägigem Streik hat die Gewerkschaft für Bau, Straßenbau und Erdarbeiten des Bundesstaates Ceará (SINTEPAV-CE) den Abschluss eines Tarifvertrags mit Unternehmen erreicht, die das Projekt Solar Alex in Ceará, Brasilien, betreiben. Weiterlesen...
07 May 2021 11:00
The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) and fellow global unions called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to condemn the Colombian government’s excessive use of force against workers who launched a national strike to oppose the introduction of a new tax measure. Weiterlesen...
05 May 2021 08:36
A national workers’ strike which left 13 dead and hundreds injured forced the Columbian government to withdraw a controversial tax reform law that aims to reduce and/or eliminate many tax exemptions, such as those on product sales. Trade unions said that the plan favoured the rich while placing more pressure on workers. Weiterlesen...
05 May 2021 07:16
The Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers’ Union (ZCATWU) has successfully increased the minimum wage of the country’s construction workers by 240 percent. Weiterlesen...
30 April 2021 13:51
As the global trade union movement observes the 132nd anniversary of the International Workers’ Day, the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) marks this historic occasion by putting forward the urgent and important tasks of workers and their trade unions amidst a world on the precipice of a global crisis of epic proportion.
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26 April 2021 08:10
BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson reports on how trade unions have become "beacons of hope" amidst a global health crisis. He outlines BWI's call for safe and efficient vaccines for all workers, decent jobs and wages, and a sustainable, progressive and worker-responsive economic recovery program to not only to win the battle against COVID-19, but also win the war for a new and better world.Weiterlesen...
23 April 2021 07:35
In commemoration of the 132nd International Workers’ Day or May Day, BWI will hold a Global Organising Forum to reflect on its work and experiences in trade union organising. The event will also launch BWI's Global Organizing Academy (GOA).Weiterlesen...