22 September 2020 08:10
CGT leads street protests in France
Responding to CGT’s call, more than a hundred worker rallies and demonstrations were organized in France on September 17 to demand wages increases, more jobs, an end to pension reform, stronger ecological policies and a fairer distribution of the nation’s wealth. Paris, Marseille and Toulouse were some of the centers of these huge demonstrations. Weiterlesen...
21 September 2020 08:42
The BWI Malaysian Liaison Council’s (BWI-MLC) new set of leaders hit the ground running by giving its overwhelming support for the development and implementation of a campaign to push for a law on industrial manslaughter in Malaysia. Weiterlesen...
21 September 2020 07:34
As Filipino workers mark Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of Martial Law 48 years ago, Global Unions add their voices in opposing the draconian Anti-Terror Law an condemning the massive human rights abuses under the Duterte regime. Weiterlesen...
18 September 2020 14:34
BWI welcomed the passage of a European Parliament resolution expressing deep concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte.Weiterlesen...
18 September 2020 08:55
The CGU welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament (EP) of the “resolution on the situation in the Philippines, including the case of Maria Ressa”. The resolution provides examples of the degeneration of democracy, gross violations of human rights, and rampant violence and intimidation during the rule of President Duterte. Weiterlesen...
16 September 2020 04:46
In solidarity with the broad Philippine trade union movement, the Council of Global Unions (CGU) will hold a democracy webinar on 18 September on the recently passed Anti-Terror Law, its implications on workers' rights and how it is tied to a global authoritarian project. Weiterlesen...
15 September 2020 06:09
BWI called on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to distance itself from Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko after its Executive Committee has picked Minsk to hold its Congress in March 2021. Weiterlesen...
14 September 2020 12:05
BWI’s “IKEA Workers’ Caravan of Stories,” a campaign to enable IKEA workers in different countries to share with one another their working lives and experiences, has moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina to narrate the story of workers employed at Nova DIPO in Gornji Podgradci.Weiterlesen...
11 September 2020 02:48
In another example of working class solidarity and cooperation, BWI’s trade union affiliates in India and Romania joined hands in working with authorities to help Indian migrant workers, who were reportedly stranded in the European state.
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