26 September 2017 07:28
Rulita Wijayaningdyah reelegida como miembro del Consejo del FSC
With an outstanding victory, holding 88,4 percent of the votes, Rulita Wijayaningdyah from KAHUTINDO, Indonesia, has been re-elected as a member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International Board of Directors representing the Social Chamber SouthLee mas...
26 September 2017 07:16
According to the Brazilian National Confederation of Municipalities, there are more than 8,000 stalled projects throughout the country and more than 11,000 approved projects that have not yet begun. For Nilson Duarte Costa, president of the heavy construction workers´ union of Rio de Janeiro, SITRAICP RJ, stalled construction represent "a declaration of administrative incompetence and often also the expression of the thirst for profit and bad management by the main contractor".Lee mas...
19 September 2017 05:05
On 14 September Odisha State electricity workers held a protest in the state capital Bhubanewar, demanding a massive wage hike (an increase from 4000 rupees per month to 18,000 per month) and the regularisation of outsourced employees. Lee mas...
19 September 2017 03:40
On Thursday 14 September, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held its meeting behind closed doors, workers and trade union leaders gathered in Lima, Peru to demand justice for South Korean construction workers. Lee mas...
18 September 2017 14:06
BWI Panama welcomed the visit of Daniel Diverio, General Secretary of SUNCA Uruguay. This fruitful working trip, held on the week of September 11th, 2017 was an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences.Lee mas...
18 September 2017 13:05
The BWI Africa and Middle East Region in partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) held the first training workshop on FSC awareness course for BWI affiliates in Southern Africa. Lee mas...
18 September 2017 07:55
BWI General Secretary Ambet Yuson addressed shop stewards, lodge and local leaders, and members of the Wood, Pulp and Paper Council of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (Machinists) at its first Wood, Pulp and Paper Council Conference.Lee mas...
18 September 2017 02:39
400,000 workers rallied in 192 different locations in France on 12 September last week in opposition to new labour reforms proposed by New French President Emmanuel Macron, and over the following days the CGT called 4,000 strikes across the country. Lee mas...
18 September 2017 01:15
New French President Emmanuel Macron has begun reforming the Labour Code without adopting workers’ demands, according to the national centre of one of BWI’s affiliate, the La Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT), in a press release. Lee mas...