26 September 2023 10:14
Victory at IKEA: Union leader returns to work
This is how trade unionists saw the reinstatement to work on 18 September of trade union leader Dariusz Kawka in an IKEA Industry factory in Lubawa, Poland. This was after Kawka, , Chairperson of the NSZZ "Solidarność,” was unjustly dismissed by the company on 28 November 2022 based on false charges.
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13 September 2023 03:55
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), with the cooperation of the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), is hosting the Amazonian Trade Union Network Workshop: International Standards and Mechanisms for Trade Union Action in Belém, Brazil, from 11 September to 15 September.
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27 April 2023 08:37
Coen Van der Veer, BWI Director for Wood and Forestry presented the outcomes of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) General Assembly held last October 2022, which among others, adopted a motion that secures the free access of trade union representatives to FSC-certified worksites and plants to talk to the workers employed.Weiterlesen...
24 March 2023 08:24
Der Ausschuss für Vereinigungsfreiheit der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation (ILO) hat zugunsten der Bau- und Holzarbeiter Internationale (BHI) und ihres Mitgliedsverbands in Malaysia, der Gewerkschaft Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU) entschieden, die 2021 eine Beschwerde gegen Sabah Forest Industries eingereicht hatten.
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16 March 2023 00:40
Die Regionen Ñuble, Bío Bío und La Araucanía in Chile waren im Februar von großflächigen Waldbränden betroffen; die verheerende Situation betrifft fast eine halbe Million Hektar von Schonungen und einheimischem Baumbestand in diesem Gebiet, wie die chilenischen BHI-Mitgliedsverbände FETRAMAS bei MASISA und FENASID bei ARAUCO sagten. Weiterlesen...
14 October 2022 18:21
Trade union representatives affiliated with the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) were elated with the overwhelming support that they received from the cross-chamber members of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) on key policies during the council’s general assembly last 9-14 October in Bali, Indonesia. Weiterlesen...
14 July 2022 22:29
The Civil Servants’ Union of Agriculture, Forestry, Husbandry and Environment Sectors (TARIM ORMAN-IS) has recently concluded its occupational health and safety trainings for forest rangers and workers. Weiterlesen...
29 June 2022 15:10
Around 180 members of the BWI-affiliated Turkish Wood and Paper Industry Workers’ Union (AGAC-IS) were illegally dismissed by ASD Laminat as part of the company’s retaliatory move after the union won a recent court decision affirming its right to organise and collectively bargain. Weiterlesen...
24 June 2022 04:23
BWI’s Africa and Middle East Region hosted a Wood and Forestry Network online meeting on 22 June and revisited and strengthened its strategies and actions to revitalise trade union work in the region’s wood, forestry and related industries. Weiterlesen...