04 June 2019 04:51
Progress at ILO sectoral meeting on forestry
Progress at ILO sectoral meeting on forestryLee mas...
31 May 2019 15:13
Turkey: TARIM ORMAN-IS President Prosecuted for Defending Workers’ RightsLee mas...
31 May 2019 15:11
The Construction and General Workers Union, an affiliate of BWI in Hong Kong held a protest, following the lockout of 18 carpenters working on the East Kowloon Cultural Centre project by their employer, Leung Pui Form Mould & Engineering Co. Ltd. The lockout was in response to unfair dismissals and unpaid wages by Leung Pui, which is a subcontractor to the Leighton Asia, part of the multinational CIMIC group.Lee mas...
31 May 2019 05:19
On 15 January 2018 China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) won the bid to re-start largest infrastructure project “Pelješac Bridge” in Croatia. The CRBC had outbid the Austrian giant Strabag and the Italian-Turkish consortium of Astaldi-Ictas.Lee mas...
30 May 2019 18:31
29 May 2019: At the BWI World Council, which was held in Brighton, United Kingdom, Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary of UNITE the Union of the United Kingdom and Dave Noonan, National Secretary of the Construction and General Division of the CFMEU of Australia were unanimously elected Deputy Presidents of BWI.Lee mas...
30 May 2019 10:32
First BWI International Youth Committee Meets to Develop Global Youth Action PlanLee mas...
30 May 2019 07:02
May 29: Workers in Argentina will once again take to the streets for a 24-hours General Strike to demand the Mauricio Macri’s Government to urgently change its economic policy, due to various economic and social problems faced by the country as a result of recession, currency devaluation and high inflation.Lee mas...
29 May 2019 20:24
26 May 2019: Members of the BWI International Women’s Committee (IWC), women BWI World Board members, and trade union women leaders of BWI affiliates met in Brighton, United Kingdom to assess BWI’s global strategic plan focusing on Convergence 4: Global Campaign for Gender Equality and develop an action plan leading to the 5th World Congress in 2021.Lee mas...