22 May 2017 11:58
Mike Rose elegido como miembro del Consejo de PEFC
The BWI is pleased to announce that the PEFC General Assembly has elected Mr. Mike Rose as a Board Member for the period 2017-2018. Lee mas...
22 May 2017 11:53
BWI was at the table for the first meeting of the FIFA Independent Advisory Board, which was held on 13-14 March 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland.Lee mas...
22 May 2017 11:39
The members of the Trade Union of Workers in Construction and Building Materials of Serbia – SRGIGMS employed at the Serbian company “ZMAJ AD”, Smederevo were exposed to dismissals because of unfair competition of sub-contractors in a project of the Steel Factory in Smederevo. Lee mas...
22 May 2017 11:38
FIFA has taken an important step forward in creating an independent advisory board on human rights.Lee mas...
18 May 2017 13:26
The BWI held its World Board on 10 May 2017 receiving affiliates from all over the world in Geneva, Switzerland. Representatives of the Presidium, Auditors, Titular members of the World Board, observers, and invited guests from Australia and the United States discussed issues on the political situation in various parts of the world and the challenges facing trade unions and working families.Lee mas...
15 May 2017 05:30
Around 1200 construction workers at the World Bank-funded Tarbela-IV hydroelectric power project in Northern Pakistan took strike action last week, demanding action on wage arrears from (the minimum wage was increased in July 2016, however Tarbela workers only received the increase from February 2017), and annual bonuses. Lee mas...
15 May 2017 03:18
BWI World Congress and related meetings will be held in Durban, South Africa from 26 November to 1 December 2017. Lee mas...
09 May 2017 08:19
Around 4 million tons of deadly chrysotile asbestos has been put into the built environment since the last UN discussions two years ago on whether this deadly material should be subject to Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures. Lee mas...
09 May 2017 07:42
This is what many union leaders of civil and heavy construction – and other BWI sectors in this country – expressed after receiving the intense manifestation of international solidarity from BWI affiliated organizations worldwide, particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean. Lee mas...