02 June 2020 06:48
57 Brazilian construction workers die due to COVID-19
BWI and its affiliate, the Construction Workers Trade Union of São Paulo (Sintracon-SP), have reported that 57 construction workers have died in São Paulo, Brazil due to COVID-19. The tragic news came as the construction industry, classified as an essential activity by the government, continues to operate throughout the lockdown, with many worksites suffering from poor health and safety conditions.
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02 June 2020 05:33
Women are one of the hardest hit sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Burkina Faso, women stone crushers bear the brunt of the economic strain caused by the health crisis. Many workers in the construction sector, particularly women, are retrenched due to the termination of several construction projects in the country. The BWI-affiliated Building and Wood Workers’ Federation of Faso (FTBBF), which is organising the women stone crushers, said that many of them are informal workers, who are extremely vulnerable to the economic impact of COVID-19. Weiterlesen...
01 June 2020 04:30
The South Asian leg of BWI’s series of online conversations on COVID-19 and the world of work on 27 May was warmly received, with nearly 200 trade unionists from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka joining the webinar. The online event was also attended by BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson, BWI Asia Pacific Vice Presidents Dave Noonan and R.C. Khuntia and BWI Regional Women’s Committee Member Smritee Lama. Weiterlesen...
28 May 2020 08:32
Indonesian union, SERBUK has successfully negotiated payment of Eid contributions owed by PT Guangdong Power Engineering Co., to seventy-four (74) workers at the ‘PLTU Sumsel 1’ coal power plant construction site in Sumatra. Weiterlesen...
28 May 2020 07:37
As a result of its dialogue with Eiffage Senegal, a civil engineering company, the National Union of Construction Workers (SNTC/BTP) strengthened its initiatives to protect workers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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27 May 2020 13:41
With the COVID-19 pandemic mutating from a health crisis into a global economic crisis, workers from different parts of the world are pushing back to protect their health, jobs and incomes.
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27 May 2020 11:33
Workers at the Chakrey Ting cement factory in Kampot, Cambodia have concluded an agreement with the company at the Regional Labour Department that will see the reinstatement of its union vice president, Houn Houen.
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27 May 2020 10:05
Beijing has directly imposed a new set of national security laws in Hong Kong criminalizing acts such as secession, subversion, foreign interference and terrorism. Hong Kong unions have criticised the move, calling it an end to Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” framework and saying that its target is to put an end to the democracy movement. Weiterlesen...
26 May 2020 12:54
Am 22. Mai kamen fünfzehn Gewerkschaftsführerinnen, Funktionärinnen und Aktivistinnen aus den europäischen BHI-Mitgliedsverbänden sowie BHI-Generalsekretär Ambet Yuson zu einer Online-Konferenz zusammen, um die Herausforderungen zu erörtern, mit denen Frauen in der COVID-19-Krise konfrontiert sind.
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