14 September 2017 15:07
Brasil: Criando estratégias concretas para a inclusão de trabalhadores com deficiência
The BWI has partnered with the labour NGO 'Citizen's Space' in order to organize a meeting to bottom-up trade union strategies for the inclusion of workers with disabilities.Lee mas...
12 September 2017 14:09
Colombia being one of the countries that show signs of growth in the first half of 2017 despite the slowdown and the decrease of public and private investment in various sectors of the industry, she was selected for a meeting between Trade Union actors national affiliated to the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (CSA) and the global union federations, including the IndustriALL, UNI, IPS, ITF, BWI and the IUF in addition to the Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) and the Confederation of Workers of Colombia (CTC).Lee mas...
11 September 2017 14:42
From 12 to 13 September 2017 the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) a Global Union federation will hold a rally in front of the Lima Convention Center, the site of the 130th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session to highlight the delayed payment of wages to construction workers. Lee mas...
11 September 2017 07:26
Today the Central Union of Painters, Plumbers, Electrician and Construction Workers (CUPPEC) started its 6th National Congress in Kathmandu with the theme: Decent Employment and Safe Workplace.Lee mas...
05 September 2017 09:59
Young trade unionists from ten unions affiliated with the BWI in Central America met to discuss the future of working youth in this part of the continent. 14 young unionists attended the event, which was held from 20 to 23 August 2017 in Managua, Nicaragua. Lee mas...
02 September 2017 10:11
A Brazilian Court in São Paolo has voted to confirm the existing prohibition of asbestos in the state.Lee mas...
01 September 2017 11:37
On 10-11 August BWI's Brazilian Working Group on Health and Safety at Work met for the first time in Rio de Janeiro to plann of BWI's actions on the theme for the next period considering the discussions initiated at the Health and Safety Forum in February 2017.Lee mas...
01 September 2017 09:52
During a recent mission to South Korea earlier this month, BWI General Secretary raised the issue of outstanding back wages and other problems related to the construction of projects related to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.Lee mas...
31 August 2017 08:41
With draft labour reforms due for release on 31 August, the CGT is preparing for a summer struggle over new rules that would further attack national-level collective bargaining and promote the casualization of working conditions. Lee mas...