01 October 2018 16:32
INDIA: BWI Expresses Condolences on the Demise of Leelamma Ravi
The BWI is saddened to inform about the demise of Sis. Leelamma Ravi on 30th September 2018, Former General Secretary of the Kerala Building Construction Workers Congress (KKNTC) in her home state of Kerala, India.Lee mas...
29 September 2018 17:55
This week, a BWI delegation led by General Secretary Ambet Yuson visited the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games sites, as part of BWI’s Global Sports Campaign for Decent Work.Lee mas...
27 September 2018 13:23
Germany has won the bid to host the European Football Championship in 2024. This was decided today by the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon, Switzerland.Lee mas...
27 September 2018 08:10
Jason O’Mara, a branch secretary at the Australian Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), has appeared in a preliminary hearing before a Canberra court on criminal charges of alleged cartel conduct. The CFMEU held a rally outside the court house in which hundreds of construction workers joined in solidarity with O’Mara.Lee mas...
26 September 2018 23:28
The Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers of Canada (CMAW) decided to support workers in Panama in their struggle against the anti-union Canadian mining company, First Quantum Minerals (FQM). Lee mas...
26 September 2018 06:47
In order to give effect to the BWI Congress resolutions and the Congress action plan, the ad hoc working groups are now established. Lee mas...
25 September 2018 16:12
Workers from all over Costa Rica are on indefinite strike against a fiscal reform that will hit hard on working people in the country. Lee mas...
21 September 2018 15:27
September 20 – The Swiss parliament is discussing a law which would obligate companies with more than 100 workers to check periodically if there is a pay-gap among their workforce.Lee mas...
21 September 2018 08:10
The unions representing the workers of Votorantim Cimentos SA in Brazil and Argentina have decided to request for a meeting with the company to analyze proposals for a unified system of collective bargaining and social dialogue in Brazil.Lee mas...