10 September 2018 12:00
Global learnings on decent work in mega sports events
At an event organized by the Institute for Human Rights and Business in Tokyo on 10 September, BWI’s general secretary Ambet Yuson highlighted some of the knowledge learned from the BWI’s Sports-Migration nexus campaign to strengthen the rights of workers in mega-sports events. Lee mas...
10 September 2018 07:54
The African and Middle Eastern affiliates of the BWI met in Johannesburg, South Africa from 26th to 29th August for a regional committee meeting.Lee mas...
08 September 2018 15:10
Yesterday 4 September, the Government of Qatar announced that it would enact legislation---Law No. 13 of 2018--that ends requirements for exit permits from employers for at least 1.5 million migrant workers.Lee mas...
03 September 2018 10:38
After several years of leadership challenges within the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (CEPPWAWU), with no Constitutional Congress being held, the union was finally able to convene its 5th national congress in East London, South Africa, on 27-31 August.Lee mas...
29 August 2018 20:47
Migrant workers building the Imperial Pacific casino and resort on the island of Saipan, which is part of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, have suffered abuses such as unpaid wages, severe injuries, and retaliation.Lee mas...
27 August 2018 23:00
150 workers at the construction company RG Engenharia in Dourados in central Brazil are on strike after their employer refused to sign a collective bargaining agreement. Lee mas...
21 August 2018 05:55
The Southern Indian state of Kerala has been slammed by heavy rains and extreme flooding, the worst recorded natural disaster that the state has endured to date. Lee mas...
15 August 2018 21:24
The Building and Wood Workers’ International has been informed by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy in Qatar that a 23-year old Nepalese man was killed yesterday morning, the 14th of August, while working on the project site of Al Wakram Stadium, one of the facilities for the 2022 World Cup games. Lee mas...
14 August 2018 17:41
On the 9th of August about 700 people gathered in Santiago, Chile, to protest against the Young Statute – a new annex to the labour law which limits the rights of young workers between 18 and 24 years old.Lee mas...