15 March 2023 09:48
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: No legacy without trade union rights
On the eve of FIFA 73rd Congress in Rwanda, the undersigned Global Union Federations express serious concerns on the decent work legacy of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup and the sustainability of labour reforms in Qatar. Lee mas...
16 December 2022 09:19
Tres sindicatos internacionales anuncian hoy el lanzamiento de una plataforma digital global para proporcionar apoyo a los trabajadores migrantes que permanezcan en Qatar después de la Copa del Mundo de 2022 y a los empleados en futuras competiciones internacionales de fútbol en otros países. Este recurso informativo, puesto a prueba en Qatar por la Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM) y la Federación Internacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar (FITH), en colaboración con el sindicato mundial de futbolistas FIFPRO, será una herramienta duradera para los migrantes en un contexto en el que sus derechos y condiciones laborales siguen estando en peligro.
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14 December 2022 09:47
La Internacional de Trabajadores de la Construcción y la Madera (ICM) está indignada por las recientes revelaciones de cargos de corrupción en Europa. La ICM condena cualquier intento de vender los derechos humanos de los trabajadores, exige justicia para los trabajadores migrantes y pide que se tomen medidas rápidas para proteger sus derechos antes de que termine el Torneo. A medida que nos adentramos en la fase final del torneo de la Copa del Mundo de 2022 en Qatar, ni el Gobierno qatarí ni la FIFA están cumpliendo sus elevadas promesas de mejorar las condiciones de los trabajadores migrantes. Lee mas...
09 December 2022 03:55
Responding to the tragic and fatal accident of a Filipino migrant worker at the World Cup training site in Qatar, the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) calls for a minute of global silence in his memory, and for all migrant construction workers who died on the job to make the brightest sporting event in the world possible. Lee mas...
22 November 2022 13:57
As football fans worldwide cheer for their favorite teams competing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) urges all its trade union affiliates, partners, allies and friends to stand with migrant workers.
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18 November 2022 14:43
Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2022 Qatar y el legado del trabajo decente: silencio ensordecedor sobre el futuro de los derechos de los trabajadores migrantesLee mas...
06 October 2022 15:26
The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI), on the occasion of its 5th World Congress, bestowed on 6 October 2022 its Fair Games Awards to the leaders of the Community Workers’ Forum in Qatar, and the Union of Construction and Woodworkers (GBH) in Austria for their outstanding work in building a decent work legacy around mega-sporting events.Lee mas...
28 September 2022 08:28
In its effort to set up an international quality label for future mega sporting events, the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) on 22 September successfully gathered key industry players working on the various infrastructure in France related to the 2024 Olympic Games and the Grand Paris Express.
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15 August 2022 14:31
BWI-affiliated trade unions in Malaysia, the Asia Pacific region and other parts of the world joined hands as they filed a petition before the Malaysian National Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) calling on the institution to hold a public inquiry on the human rights violations suffered by Sabri Bin Umar, a migrant worker from Indonesia who was wrongly charged, imprisoned and caned five times by Malaysian authorities.Lee mas...