23 January 2018 13:43
New IFA - Significant Progress in Protecting the Rights of Migrant Construction Work
By Jin Sook Lee, Gender & Campaign Director, Building and Wood Workers' International, Sarah Tesei, Director of Social Innovation and Human Rights, VINCILee mas...
19 January 2018 11:23
The three global unions today signed a global framework agreement (GFA) with the renewable materials company Stora Enso at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, in the presence of ILO Director General Guy Ryder. Observer signatures were made by the presidents of the Swedish Paper Workers’ Union, the Swedish Union of Forestry, Wood and Graphical Workers’, and the Finnish Paper Workers’ Union.Lee mas...
18 January 2018 13:04
fter lengthy campaigns, strikes and negotiations, BWI affiliate in Mauritius, Construction, Metal, Wooden and Related Industries Employees Union, CMWEU, and the B.A.C.E.C.A, the National Organisation of Local Employees in the Construction Sector, signed an across the board basic wage increase of 22 per cent that will cover 40,000 employees in the construction sectorLee mas...
18 January 2018 12:33
The collapse of the Chirajara Bridge that connects Bogotá - Villavicencio highway showed an unfortunate balance of 10 deceased construction workers. On Monday, January 15th, 2018, workers were doing their work of accommodation of the infrastructure project when the bridge collapsed completely.Lee mas...
17 January 2018 07:54
In a single meeting, BWI’s affiliate of electricity workers Orisha State recruited 450 new young workers, including 100 young women workers. The Nikhila Orissa Bidyut Sramik Mahasanga (NOBSM) represents around 20,000 electricity distribution network workers, and these new recruits come from across the state. Lee mas...
15 January 2018 12:27
Congress adopted seven resolutions regarding solidarity actions to be undertaken by the BWI and affiliated Trade Unions. These include solidarity with refugees and migrant workers displaced by conflicts, and campaigning with affiliates in India, Australia, Philippines and Cambodia to defend worker’s rights against attacks by governmentsLee mas...
15 January 2018 05:07
Over 4000 workers at Pakistan’s Neelum-Jhelum hydro power project (NJHP) in Muzzafarabad (Northern Pakistan) will receive a large payout as the result of an agreement concluded between the Awami Labour Union and a Chinese multinational company. Lee mas...
12 January 2018 00:31
The world’s largest cement multinational, LafargeHolcim, has reneged on its commitment to sign a global framework agreement with the BWI and IndustriALL Global Union. Lee mas...
09 January 2018 06:23
International trade unions led by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and global union Building Workers International (BWI) have joined with health networks including victims groups representing those suffering from asbestos related diseases and their families from around the world, in declaring their outrage at the economic blackmail on Sri Lanka by the Russian Government. Lee mas...