07 March 2023 10:41
BWI condemns Tunisia’s entry ban on international trade unionists
BWI strongly condemns the expulsion of European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) General Secretary Esther Lynch from Tunisia and the entry ban on international trade unionists from Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Norway, Palestine and Spain, including ITUC Deputy general Secretary Owen Tudor. Lee mas...
03 March 2023 10:31
SASK, the development cooperation organisation of the Finnish trade union movement, together with a representative of the Finish government visited BWI’s Regional Office in South Africa on 28 February.
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02 March 2023 07:13
We, the Council of Global Unions (CGU), on behalf of 200 million workers around the world, expresses its support and solidarity with the UGTT and its affiliates in Tunisia over the arrest of Anis Al-Kaabi, General Secretary of the Tunisia’s Highway Workers Union, and several other UGTT leaders and members who have been questioned and summoned by the police in the past few weeks.Lee mas...
27 February 2023 10:15
The 12 million-strong Building and Wood Workers’ International’s (BWI), through its General Secretary Ambet Yuson, sends its solidarity and support to the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU) and its affiliate, the Korean Construction Workers’ Union (KCWU) as they hold a massive demonstration against their government’s assault on trade union rights. Lee mas...
26 February 2023 16:44
To mark the first year since Russian military forces invaded Ukraine, the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) joined an online event to reiterate its support for the Ukrainian working people’s fight for freedom and democracy.
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26 February 2023 15:16
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) expresses its full support for the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU) and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) as they collectively push back against their government’s continuing assault on trade union rights, particularly the right to associate, organise and collectively bargain.Lee mas...
19 February 2023 09:11
Three months after BWI passed a resolution before its 5th World Congress calling for the defence of democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, its trade union affiliates in the region were immediately in the thick of the struggle to safeguard democracy from the attacks of far-right forces.
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10 February 2023 08:32
En un espíritu de solidaridad, la Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM) hace un llamamiento a todos sus afiliados en todo el mundo para que donen al fondo de Solidaridad de la ICM en beneficio de todas las víctimas del terremoto mortal y destructivo que azotó Türkiye.
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06 February 2023 19:00
The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI), representing 12 million workers worldwide, expresses its deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the working people of Türkiye who lost their loved ones as a result of a series of destructive earthquakes that hit the country. Our hearts and thoughts also go to the thousands who were injured by the calamity. We wish them all a quick recovery.
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