01 February 2021 14:39
Philippines’ war on drugs kills construction workers
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs is killing construction workers. This was the conclusion of a demographic analysis conducted by Philippine-based Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services (IDEALS) into the widespread killings linked to the government’s anti-drug campaign.
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01 February 2021 10:10
BWI joins the world in condemning Myanmar’s military for staging a coup that led to the detention of senior government officials as well as leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD). Weiterlesen...
29 January 2021 08:22
BWI’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, as part of the 2021 World Social Forum (WSF), will hold today a regional webinar. Weiterlesen...
27 January 2021 11:37
“An unlikely, but necessary partnership.” This was how BWI’s partnership with the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) on workers’ rights in Qatar was described at the global union’s two-day Global Sports Conference held November of last year.
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26 January 2021 03:48
Italy made history. The country’s Senate on 12 January authorised the ratification of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 190 on the elimination of violence and harassment at workplaces. This makes Italy the first European country to take this step.
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21 January 2021 15:34
The BWI-affiliated Construction Workers’ Union of Ukraine (PROFBUD), in partnership with LabourStart, has launched a campaign to support workers at the KVARSYT defense plant, who have not received wages and been deprived of social security contributions for more than three years.
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21 January 2021 10:46
On 17 January, the National Assembly of Ecuador, unanimously approved the ratification of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 on the Violence and Harassment in the World of Work. Weiterlesen...
21 January 2021 10:14
The Council of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) decided not to hold the 2021 World Ice Hockey Championship (WCH) matches in Belarus after violent government crackdown on democracy protests.
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18 January 2021 06:01
Women members of the for Bayanihan ng mga Manggagawa sa Konstruksyon ng Qatar (BMKQ) are paving the way for gender equality among migrant workers in the Middle East.
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