11 December 2017 16:25
Campanha Pela Retomada do Emprego e do Desenvolvimento
In Brazil alone there are 43 unions, federations and confederations affiliated representing more than 1 million workers. In recent years the severe economic crisis has been deepened by the involvement of important construction companies and politicians in major corruption scandals that have led to one of the greatest political crises in the country's history. Lee mas...
11 December 2017 10:26
The Supreme Court (STF) banned the extraction, industrialization and commercialization of asbestos throughout the national territory. Thus, the decision ends the legal vacuum of the decision taken last August and protects the lives of all workers and citizens.Lee mas...
11 December 2017 10:12
The Latin America and the Caribbean region of BWI recently intervened in the international process of construction of human rights based housing policies initiated by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. BWI took the opportunity to insert a couple of strategic organizational priorities into the Thematic Report of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations at its upcoming 37th SessionLee mas...
11 December 2017 10:04
MRV Engineering is a massive Brazilian-based construction company that was founded in 1979. The company operates in 148 Brazilian cities, relying on the daily work of almost 19,000 direct employees. Many of the construction projects executed as part of the important national housing programme ‘My House, My Life’ are built by workers at MRV.Lee mas...
11 December 2017 09:49
The BWI is closely accompanying developments following the most recent federal elections in Honduras. As the BWI represents over 12 million workers in 130 different countries, we are increasingly worried about the growing evidence of electoral fraud.Lee mas...
11 December 2017 09:16
UN agencies – including the ILO – human rights groups, athletes, employers’ and trade union organizations, governments and others, commit to setting up a centre tasked with helping tackle human rights risks associated with sports. The ILO welcomed the announcement, made at a November 30-December 1, 2017 meeting in Geneva.Lee mas...
11 December 2017 01:54
The Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUC) has held a special commemoration on International Human Rights Day (10 December). More than 80 worker leaders and union members attended the event, where attendees adopted a Manifesto demanding protection for the rights of construction workers.
Lee mas...
08 December 2017 09:26
Young trade unionists from BWI affiliates across the globe have spoken up boldly at the BWI World Congress in Durban (South Africa), demanding more representation within the movement and a stronger voice on the job.Lee mas...
01 December 2017 15:14
Gold Pins were presented to the retiring World Board and World Council members in recognition of their contributions to the BWI. Also to two womenLee mas...