25 April 2016 14:33
Workers at Italcementi prepare for a national strike
The Italian unions Feneal Uil, Filca Cisl and Cgil Fillea representing Italcementi cement workers, have announced a strike in response to the industrial plan proposed by the government, which may result in 415 dismissals this year and further 250 redundancies in 2017. Weiterlesen...
21 April 2016 13:24
Hundreds of thousands of workers and young people in France have taken to the streets to protest a government reform to alter the 35-hour workweek make it easier to hire and fire workers. Weiterlesen...
19 April 2016 12:09
The Norwegian union Fellesforbundet has settled an agreement in the national collective bargaining negotiations for the construction sector. Weiterlesen...
19 April 2016 10:08
Trade unions in Cambodia may soon face the bitter reality of having their freedom of association curtailed by the State.Weiterlesen...
18 April 2016 15:40
The repression against the labour movement in South Korea have caused outrage among trade unions all over the world.Weiterlesen...
18 April 2016 15:28
Due the importance that the Building and Wood Worker´s International (BWI) gives to the recent conflicts in various countries resulted of the restructuring that Etex Group has carried out since 2013, we published a note of the representatives of Etex Group in Europe at the meeting of the European Works Council.Weiterlesen...
18 April 2016 15:25
As trade ministers from 12 Asia-Pacific nations gather to sign off on the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on Thursday the 4th of February in Auckland (New Zealand), thousands of concerned citizens will voice their opposition to this undemocratic corporate trade and investment deal. Weiterlesen...
18 April 2016 15:17
"Protests helped make this country great, and openness has long been a tradition. I would urge both the people and Government of this country to cherish that legacy,” stated the UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai after his visit to South Korea last week. Weiterlesen...
18 April 2016 15:11
The BWI is calling on all of you to protest against the dismissal of 120 workers by the Belgian Etex-Eternit Group in Argentina Cerámicas San Lorenzo.Weiterlesen...